Legal forms of administrative decisions of the President of the Russian Federation on ensuring state sovereignty

The publication notes the transformation in recent years of approaches to the sovereignty of the Russian state and the volume of the range of subjects authorized to prepare, adopt, implement and control management decisions to ensure state sovereignty.  The author focuses on the key role of the President of the Russian Federation in ensuring state sovereignty and examines the legal forms of his managerial decisions in this area. According to the results of the study, the conclusion is formulated that currently regulatory legal acts (with a number of exceptions) do not define in what legal forms the administrative decisions of the President of the Russian Federation should be made to ensure state sovereignty in certain specific cases. Also, the grounds and specifics of making such decisions are mostly not established. A thorough legal settlement of these issues would enhance the effectiveness of appropriate measures, reduce duplication of legal regulations and minimize administrative discretion in making managerial decisions to ensure State sovereignty.