IS THERE A PLACE FOR A FEDERATION COUNCIL OF THE FEDERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION IN THE SYSTEM OF NATIONAL REPRESENTATION?
The research subject is the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation from the point of view of national representation. The purpose of the paper is to correlate the main characteristics of national representation with the characteristics of the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation captured in the legisla-tion of the Russian Federation. The research result show that the author draws the conclusion that the Federation Council isn't a representative body in the system of national representation.