THE RECALL OF A DEPUTY OF THE STATE DUMA AS A NECESSARY ELEMENT OF THE PEOPLE’S REPRESENTATION: PROBLEMS AND PROSPECTS OF CONSTITUTIONAL AND LEGAL REGULATION IN RUSSIA

The article researches the constitutional and legal institution of the recall of deputies of the State Duma of the Russian Federation Federal Assembly as people’s representatives at the federal level of state power in Russia. The concept of recall, its content and value-legal meaning are considered. The recall is treated as a measure of the constitutional and legal responsibility of people’s representatives, on the one hand, and as an important form of direct people`s power and control over the activities of deputies of the highest legislative (representative) body, on the other hand. The arguments against the introduction of the recall institute, to which some scientists refer, as well as legal positions of the judges of the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation are analyzed in detail. The author explains what the essence of the constitutional and legal responsibility of people’s representatives is, why its institutions are necessary in a democratic law state, and what the advantages of implementation of the recall of deputies of the State Duma in the current constitutional-legal fi eld are.