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Российская модель федерализма в решениях Конституционного Суда РФ
The article examines the key positions of the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation regarding issues of Russia’s federal structure. In its rulings, the Constitutional Court interprets Russia as a constitutional (but not contractual) federation, in which the sole bearer of sovereignty is the people of Russia. Accordingly, the constituent entities of the Russian Federation do not possess sovereignty, are not subjects of international law, and cannot establish a division of powers different from that prescribed by the Constitution. The article emphasizes the inadmissibility of appealing to the Federative Treaty to the extent that it contradicts constitutional norms. The author highlights the role of the Constitutional Court’s legal positions in implementing the principle of constitutional legality at the level of Russia’s constituent entities.