FORMING A UNIFIED SYSTEM OF PUBLIC POWER (PUBLIC AUTHORITY) IN RUSSIA AS A VECTOR OF NEW CONSTITUTIONALITY

Introduction: the analysis of Russian legislation adopted after the introduction of extensive amendments to the Constitution of the Russian Federation in 2020 gives grounds to assert that our state and civil society have taken a straight course toward a new state system. The events related to Russia’s special military operation have confirmed and accelerated this process. If we trace the chronology of events and look at the chronology of the adoption of certain normative legal acts regulating the public power (public authority) issues, it becomes obvious that the country needs strong presidential power to ensure its sovereignty and state integrity. Purpose: to analyze legislation of the Russian Federation in its chronology through the prism of current events and processes in their relationship with the constitutional amendments of 2020 concerning a unified system of public power; to determine the main vector in the new concept of the Constitution of the Russian Federation. Methods: empirical methods (description, interpretation); theoretical methods (formal and dialectical logic); special scientific methods (legaldogmatic method and the method of legal norms interpretation). Results: conceptual provisions are proposed for further discussion of the ongoing constitutional reform. Conclusions: today, the Constitution of the Russian Federation and the head of state as its guarantor solve the task of ensuring the country’s unconditional sovereignty on a worldwide scale.