The Federal subject as a basic element of the geolegal sustainability of Russia

Abstract

The article raises the question of the exceptional importance of the territorial organization of the state. The author proceeds the fact that geolaw is designed to identify specific features that have a positive or negative impact on the spatial development of the country. The article reveals the characteristic features of Russian federalism that exist in the conditions of the historically established geo-legal policy of state authorities aimed at establishing an effective strategy for the holistic and sustainable development of regions. The author analyzes the legal basis of the existing system of Russian territorial development, including by the example of strategic planning documents. The article emphasizes the importance of such a category as geolegal sustainability, defines it, and provides examples of threat to them. The federal subjects, as structural elements of the national architecture of public power, with a share of autonomy, act as indicators of the success of federal policy to maintain and increase the level of territorial development. The subjects are both sources of stability and tension within the framework of a single state. The author concludes about the exclusive role of federal policy in the development, adoption and application of an array of legal norms reflecting the geolegal sustainability of the state and designates the federal subject as the basic structural unit for ensuring geolegal sustainability.