Problems of the legal status of political parties

The article examines the issues of political parties, the main purpose of which is to nominate candidates for any elected posts and any representative bodies, as well as the exclusive right to nominate lists of candidates during the elections to the State Duma. The purpose of the present study is to identify systemic relationships of the norms contained in the Constitution of the Russian Federation, allowing to identify the main elements of the legal status of political parties that can be specified in current legislation provided that its norms are fully consistent with the above constitutional provisions. This is also evidenced by the fact that the relevant constitutional provisions defining this status cannot be changed in the usual way, but only in a complicated procedure. Based on the research, the author comes to the conclusion that a political party is unique in that, being an institution of civil society, it is also an entity participating in the formation and activities of public authorities. By its social nature, the party is a public institution separated from the state, designed to represent and defend the interests of various social sectors of civil society in the political process, to ensure public control over the activities of the state. However, not being the bearer of state power, the party is an essential element of the mechanism of reproduction of political power. The party ensures the organized participation of citizens in political life by nominating its candidates in elections, directly or indirectly participating in the activities of public authorities.

Constitution of the Russian Federation, State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation, European Court of Human Rights, Supreme Court of the Russian Federation, law on political parties