Alyona Sankova

The world of Western civilization is gradually, but inevitably losing its superiority in the political, economic and military-technical spheres and can no longer maintain a unipolar world. Russia objectively becomes one of the unavoidable subjects of world geopolitics and one of the creators of the new world order. This article is devoted to the analysis of existing problems and prospects for the development of Russia, as well as to the preparation of proposals for their legal support.

This article is devoted to the analysis of the causes and factors currently existing in Russia that reduce the effectiveness of the counter-terrorism work of the Russian government bodies. It is concluded that there is external interference in national conflicts by international radical religious and terrorist organizations. The authors suggest some measures to reduce the social base of terrorists.

The 1993 Constitution of the Russian Federation became the object of criticism even at the time of its adoption. The directions of this criticism vary from accusations that the Constitution preserves the colonial political regime and external governance of Russia, to complaints that it is a normative legal act of social confrontation in society and is no longer able to ensure its stability. Chapter 9 “Constitutional amendments and revision of the Constitution” determines that only the provisions of chapter 1 “Fundamentals of the constitutional system”, chapter 2 “Human and civil rights and freedoms” and chapter 9 itself cannot be revised, therefore, it is possible to revoke the current Constitution of the Russian Federation and adopt new Constitution of Russia. All other amendments to chapters 3–8 are adopted like the federal constitutional law and come into force after their approval by the legislative authorities of at least two-thirds of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation. The latter seems quite possible, and similar amendments to these chapters have already been in force since 2008. Is the revoking of the current Constitution of the country appropriate in this case, will this revoking entail the elimination of the most important foundations of the modern Russian state, and with them the existing constitutional rights and freedoms of an individual and citizen in Russia? This article is devoted to examining the problems of repealing the current Constitution of Russia and the legal consequences of this step.

The Soviet state provided Soviet citizens with free medical care. The 1993 Constitution of the Russian Federation also preserved this approach, which is known to most citizens of modern Russia, giving everyone (that is, any person, and not just a citizen of the Russian Federation) the right to get medical care and health protection. Moreover, the Constitution of the Russian Federation still contains rules indicating that medical help is provided to citizens free of charge in state and municipal health care institutions at the expense of the corresponding budget, insurance contributions, and other funds. This right of the Russian Federation citizens makes numerous state and municipal institutions responsible for providing free medical care. Recently, however, they have received the right to provide paid medical services on the basis of contracts with companies, institutions and organizations, their employees, as well as with individual citizens, although this does not entirely consistent with the status of the state health system institutions financed from state budgets. This and other remaining problems of legal regulation concerning free medical care for Russian citizens are considered in this article.

In the largest period of its statehood, our Fatherland had a monarchical form of government, a unitary state system and an undemocratic political regime. Two revolutions of 1917 determined the radical renewal, and then scrapping of the well-established centuries-old forms of the Russian state. In line with the large-scale socio-political and socio-economic changes caused by them, Russia became a republic in September 1917, a federation in January 1918, and in July 1918, the dictatorship of the proletariat, fixed in its first Constitution, and predetermined a new political regime, which was abandoned only in 1977. The dramatic events of 1991 led to the death of the Soviet state, the collapse of the USSR, the loss of the second economy of the world, the loss of half of the population, and many other serious consequences for the country and its people. The article analyzes the federalism updated in the early 90s of the last century, its current state and the problems identified by the authors.