THE PROBLEMS OF FEDERAL DEGRADATION AND PERSPECTIVES FOR THE OPTIMIZATION OF THE CONTEMPORARY RUSSIAN MODEL OF THE DIVISION OF JURISDICTIONS AND POWERS IN THE CONTEXT OF THE SUBSIDIARITY DOCTRINE
The article considers the problems of federal degradation in Russia in the period following the adoption of the Russian Constitution 1993 in conditions of the imperfect Russian model of the division of jurisdictions and powers. The author underlines that fact that the development of the federal arrangement in Russia should be based on one key principle: subsidiarity. In comparison with European countries, Russia does not follow this principle. In these conditions, federal degradation reveals objective centralization, a misbalance between powers and financial resources, and the ineffectiveness of state power. From this point of view the author gives a critical survey of federal legislation in Russia and introduces some proposals for its improvement.