ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE INSTITUTION OF VOLUNTEERING IN THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION: THE INTERNATIONAL LEGAL ASPECT
The article explores volunteering (volunteering) as an independent form of citizens' activities. Analyzed approaches to the understanding of volunteer activities at the European and national levels. The question of the formation and development of the regulatory framework of this institution in the Russian Federation is considered. Special attention is paid to the problem of the relationship between self-organization of the volunteer community and external management by the authorities.