“Natural Wealth” as a Legal Category: Debatable Questions

The article proves that “natural wealth” is a term of Russian constitutional law that has no implementation mechanism in sectoral (environmental) legislation and only duplicates the term “natural resources” including all components of the natural environment (land, water, forests, etc.), which can be used in economic “Natural Wealth” as a Legal Category: Debatable Questions Anisimov Alexei P.**  anisimovap@mail.ru 8 Gagarin st., Volgograd, 400131, Russia Narushkevich Svetlana V.  narushkevich@yandex.ru 63 Kachintsev st., Volgograd, 400010, Russia * Профессор кафедры конституционного и административного права Волгоградского института управления – филиала РАНХиГС, доктор юридических наук, профессор.  Заведующий кафедрой гражданского права Волгоградского института бизнеса, кандидат юридических наук, доцент. ** Professor of the Department of Constitutional and Administrative Law at Volgograd Institute of Management – Branch of RANEPA, Doctor of Legal Sciences, Professor.  Head of the Department of Civil Law at Volgograd Institute of Business, Candidate of Legal Sciences, Docent. Земельное право, природоресурсное право... 441 activities. Since the term “natural wealth” does not carry any independent meaning, it is necessary to exclude from Art. 58 of the Constitution of the Russian Federation the mentioning of the need to “take care of natural resources”. In addition, the authors of the Federal Law “On Environmental Protection” propose to exclude rules obliging citizens to protect natural resources, since this obligation is implemented through a number of more specific rules on the protection of natural resources and objects.