federal structure of Russia as a whole and its main rules are set position of the first chapter of the Constitution.The Basic Law can not be changed as usual.To change it actually requires the adoption of a new project.Such a provision is focused on the principles of Russian Federation does not allow a fundamental change in the existing system.Fundamentals of the constitutional sovereignty of the country on the whole territory of all subjects without exception.Russian State system provides supremacy of the Constitution throughout the country.
Only Russia has the right to protect the safety and integrity of its territory and all units of its components.
federal structure of Russia is based on a constitutional basis.Among them should be allocated:
- state integrity.
- unity of the entire structure of state power.
- distinction between bodies of state power of the country and government entities on the issues under the jurisdiction of their powers.
- self-determination and equality of peoples of the Russian Federation.
all regions of the country are endowed with equal rights among themselves in the process of establishing relations with the federal authorities.When securing equal rights for all subjects of the Constitution establishes equal and single citizenship of the Russian Federation, regardless of the grounds on which it was purchased.The federal structure of Russia provides for the rights and freedoms and equal responsibilities established by the Constitution, throughout the country.
main regulatory issues are reflected in chapter 3. In particular, the text of Article 65 is the complete list of entities.In addition, the state establishes national and territorial principle of their formation.This indicates the existence of federalism, together with the autonomous and unitary.Thus, it ensures the integrity of the federal structure of Russia as an independent and united country.Also important is the fact that the text of the law subjects are listed by name.This indicates that the introduction of any changes in the overall composition of the subjects require at least changes in the content of the Constitution itself.
Under the national integrity of the country meant the absence of the right to secede from the Federation.Thus, realized the right of secession.Due to the fact that all the actors are a united country, whose territory includes the territory of all subjects, the separation of a subject would indicate a violation of the integrity of the state.As a rule, in modern countries considered form of government provided for in the basic law of the right of voluntary withdrawal from the country.However, such a right provided by the Constitution of Yugoslavia, the USSR and Czechoslovakia.This situation was due to the Marxist-Leninist idea of the right of nations to self-determine, up to secession.Other Federation did not accept this principle, but even in a socialist federation was not secured a clear mechanism for realization of the right subject to secede from the country's de facto central unilaterally.
It should be noted that the absence of the right to voluntary withdrawal from the integrity of the country is not contrary to the democratic foundations and conforms to generally accepted in the world trends.However, at the same time in the Constitution provides for the adoption of the country and the formation of a new entity, in accordance with the law.
enshrined in the Basic Law status character actors.In accordance with the position of the republic as a subject is determined by the Constitution and the Republic.In other cases, for example, for the city, territory or region, except for the provisions of the Basic Law are taken into consideration and statutes territorial formations.
