THE LEGAL NATURE OF THE SECURITY COUNCILS OF THE CONSTITUENT ENTITIES OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION AND THE MAIN DIRECTIONS OF THEIR ACTIVITY
In ensuring security involves not only federal but also regional State authorities. At the federal level, the modalities of participation of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation in ensuring security is not installed, which gives the region autonomy in choosing security organization models. A certain practice of establishing widespread security councils as advisory and consultative bodies at the higher officials of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation. Against the backdrop of a significant number of scientific publications on common problems of security of legal status, the formation and activities of regional security councils remained scarcely explored. The object of research poses a threat to the social relationships arising in the process of organization and activity of the Security Councils of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation. In the course of the study used dialectical, system, legal, logical, functional methods of cognition. This article presents the results of the study regulations for the establishment of the Security Councils of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation governing their organizational structure, tasks and functions, as well as an analysis of the practice of their activity. The authors of the article justify the preference for legislative regulation of the legal status of regional security councils, analyses their quantity and composition. Noting the practice of agencies specialized consultative-advisory bodies (councils of public security, economic Councils and public security), concludes that greater prospects of «universal» Security Councils with an integrated approach to security. Indicated the desirability of formulating model provision on the subject of the Russian Federation on the Security Council.