Constitutional Modernization as a Necessary Condition for the Sustainable Development of the Russian Federation

The article is devoted to the impact of changes to the Constitution of the Russian Federation on the sustainable development of the country by updating the system of public power. The methodological basis of the research is general scientific (analysis, synthesis, deduction and induction, abstraction, structural and functional method) and specific scientific methods (method of legal construction, technical-legal analysis, formal-logical, formal-legal and system methods). Special attention is paid to the legal constructions “public administration” and “public power”. It is established that the state is a single system of functional and territorial elements that interact with each other in order to ensure the sustainable development of the state. The authors conclude that the constitutional modernization has led to a change in the balance of forces in the system of public administration.