CIVIL SOCIETY IN THE PUBLIC SPHERE OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION

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The article describes the public authority formed in civil society. It is proposed to consider organizational institutions of civil society as bearers of public authority. Those can include not only public associations, non-profit organizations, but also public and governmental organizations, for example, the All-Russian Civil and State Organization the "Assembly of the Peoples of Russia", as well as public chambers, which are essentially joint public and governmental formations. Special attention is paid to public control, which is an important function of civil society and governmental authorities. The author proposes the idea to form a single body of civil society in the future, representing the main public associations, in particular the World Russian People's Council, as well as the highest church bodies of traditional religions. Public authority can be formed as a single system of governmental power and its subsystems. Constitutional scholars propose to adopt a new Constitution of the Russian Federation, which would strengthen the spiritual and moral potential of solidary civil society and the state.

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G. N Chebotarev

Tyumen State University

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Email: g.n.chebotarev@utmn.ru
Doctor of Law, Professor, Honored Lawyer of the Russian Federation, Honored Worker of Education of the Russian Federation, Research Advisor, Institute of State and Law; Chairman of the Tyumen Region Public Chamber Tyumen, Russia

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