Journal headings
"Legal sciences"

Annotation: The article eescribes administrative offenses affecting the electoral rights of citizens, which are an integral ele- ment of a democratic rule of law state. The object of the study is offenses that infringe on the right guaranteed by the Constitution of the Russian Federation to vote and be elected. The subject of the analysis is the norms of administrative legislation governing liability for such offenses, as well as law enforcement practice. The article describes the most common types of administrative offenses, including bribery of voters, illegal campaigning, forgery of signatures and interference in the activities of election commissions. The analysis of the norms of the Code of Administrative Offences of the Russian Federation and the Federal Law «On Basic Guar- antees of Electoral Rights and the Right of Citizens of the Russian Federation to Participate in a Referendum» is carried out. The methodological basis of the research consists of methods of legal analysis, synthesis, as well as a comparative approach to the study of national and international experience. The most problematic areas related to violations of electoral legislation are revealed and specific measures to improve legal regulation are suggested. The article also presents various scientific approaches to the problem of administrative responsibility and formulates its own reasoned position. The work may be of interest to lawyers, experts in the field of electoral law, as well as government authorities. In the text of the article, the Russian Federation is abbreviated as RF.

Annotation: The aim of the study is to consider the key aspects of such a scientific problem as the relationship between the form and content of domestic political and legal doctrines. Applying a set of general scientific methods of cogni- tion based on a dialectical approach to the understanding of state and legal phenomena and the corresponding processes, the author comes to the conclusion that along with the development of interdisciplinarity within the framework of the modern stage of scientific rationality, rethinking the forms of external expression of political and legal doctrines in the context of their content (and elements of the corresponding political and legal doctrines) is acquiring a decisive character in light of the prospects for the general development of the science of the history of political and legal doctrines in the 21st century. The article substantiates the need for closer attention to the issue of the forms of external presentation of political and legal doctrines. The author bases his position using, first of all, a specific historical approach and analyzing pre-revolutionary teachings, as well as the results of the development of scientific legal thought in the field of science of state law. It is there that the dependence of the content on the form of external presentation of their teachings chosen by the authors (dissertation, monograph, scientific article) is manifested. In the text of the article, the Russian Federation is abbreviated as RF.

Annotation: The article describes such interrelated categories, in the authors’ opinion, as “effectiveness of regulatory legal acts” and “assessment of regulatory impact” within the framework of scientific and practical approaches. As part of the study, the authors raise the question of whether, in principle, an objective assessment of the effectiveness of acts is possible, to what extent it depends on law-making and law enforcement. The answer to this question is complex and multifaceted and requires fundamental research. In this article, the authors conclude that any draft law should not be a mechanical set of legal norms, but should comply with the requirements of legal technology, language norms, and anti-corruption legislation; it should be adopted in accordance with the authority of the body that issued it, and should not contain provisions that run counter to the norms of higher-level acts. In ad- dition to all of the above, obviously, the draft law should be “working”, that is, aimed at optimizing those public relations that are the subject of its regulation. The authors consider the regulatory impact assessment procedure as one of the means to increase the effectiveness of regulatory legal acts by achieving these and other criteria. In the text of the article, the Russian Federation is abbreviated as RF.

Annotation: The presented work analyzes the institution of recognition as a citizen of the Russian Federation as a new basis for acquiring citizenship, introduced in 2023 by the Federal Law “On Citizenship of the Russian Federation” and a number of federal constitutional laws adopted due to the accession of new regions to Russia. Based on the results of the analysis, the need to review the procedure for automatic recognition as Russian citizens of those citizens of Ukraine who arrive in Russia from third countries, having previously lived in territories that came under the control of the Russian Federation after September 30, 2022, is justified. Based on the results of a brief study, the author proposes to revise the legislator’s approach to the automatic recognition by Russian citizens of those Ukrainian citizens who have permanent registration in the territories which became part of Russia after September 30, 2022, and did not express their intention to return to their place of residence or apply for Russian citizenship during a special military operation. This proposal concerns, first of all, those persons who arrive in the Russian Federation from third countries. In the text of the article, the Russian Federation is abbreviated as RF.

Annotation: The article examines the issues of legislative regulation and trends in law enforcement practice in the field of improper use of premises in light of changes in the provisions of civil legislation in this area. The article ana- lyzes a few examples of judicial practice in this category of cases. It evaluates the arguments on the possibility of applying Art. 287.7 of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation not only to premises, but also to buildings. Attention is drawn to the extensive intervention of public law in the issue of the targeted use of real estate by participants in private law relations. Based on the results of the study, the author concludes that the issue of the purpose of using non-residential premises is not clearly regulated by law and may cause ambiguous interpretation in law enforcement practice. The consoli- dation of the type of permitted use of capital construction objects in urban planning legislation took place even before the analyzed tough sanction appeared, which could lead to the termination of ownership of a valuable real estate object. In the light of the significant tightening of sanctions for the misuse of premises, science and judicial practice have yet to formulate approaches to the border of discretion of participants in private law relations when using objects belonging to them. In the text of the article, the Russian Federation is abbreviated as RF.