Institute of federal territories in the Russian Federation (by the case of the federal territory «Sirius»)

The aim of this article is to analyze the federal territories which have become an element of Russian federalism in accordance with the latest revision of the Constitution of the Russian Federation.The objectives of the study include an analysis of the territorial nature of the federal state in its geographical and political and territorial relations; study of foreign experience in the functioning of federal te rritories in their species diversity; study of the status of the first federal territory "Sirius", as having the national strategic importance of public legal education, including its goal, the legal basis of activities, the territory, the organization of public authority, the implementation of local self-government.

The research methodology includes both the general scientific methods of cognition and private scientific means: a formal legal, comparative legal, systemic, whose combination has allowed to characterize the federal territory as a new and significant phenomenon of Russian federalism.

The originality of the study is predetermined by the novelty of the institute of the federal territory, which first received constitutional recognition in Russia.

The results of the study include the formulation of scientific and practical proposals for the construction of mechanisms for the formation of federal territories in Russia, taking into account the rights and interests of the subjects of the Russian Federation.

The study is accompanied by conclusions arising from the analysis of the Institute of Federal Territories and its implementation in Russia, in particular, the definition of a federal territory as an element of Russian federalism, which characterizes the political and territorial construction of the Russian Federation; determination of the federal territory as a separate and independent part of the territory of the Russian Federation, a special territorial element of the Federal Device of Russia; the need to adopt a model law on federal territories determining the mechanism for the allocation of the federal territory from the subject of the federation, the general principles for the construction and organization of the federal territory, the system of its bodies, interaction with federal and regional authorities; Availability of public authorities in the territory of public-legal education "Sirius" of signs of both government agencies and a local government body, their belonging to the independent type of public authorities.

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