Parliamentary control within the system of state control in the Russian Federation
The article provides the information on constitutional legal institution of parliamentary control in the Russian Federation regarding its place within the system of state control. The authors analyze the theoretical approaches towards nature, definition and specificities of the control activities in general, and state and parliamentary control in particular. Based upon the nature of parliament being a legislative (representative) body of state government, the authors make a conclusion on its key role within the system of public government and legal necessity to provide the parliament with the control functions. The methodological basis for the study was formed with the general scientific dialectic method. When preparing the publication the authors used special methods of study, such as systemic scientific method, formal legal method, comparative legal method. The authors then draw a conclusion that in spite of the practical difficulties in the implementation of parliamentary control due to absence of real means of powerful influence upon the executive branch of government, the parliamentary control is still a necessary parliamentary function, based upon its special role in the social life, which is also due to its law-making capacity. Based upon the theoretical and empirical analysis, with due consideration to its unique character, the parliamentary control is regarded as a type of state control in the Russian Federation.