MODERN RUSSIAN PARLIAMENT: ASSESSMENT OF POLITICAL SIGNIFICANCE ACCORDING TO THE RESULTS OF INDEX ANALYSIS
https://doi.org/10.18384/2224-0209-2022-2-210
Abstract
Aim. To assess the dynamics of the role and place of the parliament institution in the political system of modern Russia.
Methodology. The main provisions of the amendments of the Constitution of the Russian Federation regarding the powers of the highest authorities are analyzed. The determination of the political significance of the post-Soviet parliament was assessed by index analysis of the dynamics of the full powers of the Federal Assembly chambers in the period from 1993 to the present day, taking into account the constitutional transformations of 2008, 2014 and 2020. The full powers of the parliament in these periods are compared to the indices of the functions of the head of state according to the method improved by the author to determine the form of government of O. I. Zaznayev.
Results. It has been established that the total index of full powers of both chambers of parliament is significantly less than the presidential one, which clearly demonstrates the subordinate role of parliament in the system of public authority in post-Soviet Russia.
Research implications. Measures are suggested to optimize the identified imbalance in the system of separation of powers in modern Russia, aimed at increasing the political significance of the chambers of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation.
About the Author
R. A. Alexeev
Moscow Region State University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Cand. Sci. (Political Sciences), Assoc. Prof., Department of Department of Political Science and Law
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