Implementing Provisions on Ecology from the Russian Constitution

Abstract

The paper reveals the potential of provisions- on ecology from the Russian Federation Constitution, role of the relevant federal legislation providing for the responsibility of citizens, state and society for maintaining environmental rule of law. Attention was drawn to the protection of private, state and municipal titles to land and other natural resources which are essential for people living in a certain territory. The 20ih anniversary of the Russian Federation Constitution is an opportunity to analyze the implementation of its provisions concerning ecology. The article compares subjects of regulation and different legislations in particular administrative, civil, urban development, land, water, forest, health, resources and environment. The author examines the implementation of rights to favourable environment, reliable information on its condition indemnification for harm to health or property. The article shows how the requirements of the Constitution are applied to establish the fundamentals of federal policy on the environmental development in the Russian Federation, cooperative lawmaking activity of the Russian Federation and its subjects in the area of environmental management, protection and security. The attempts to reveal the implementation of the provisions thereof show the necessity to improve economic and legal mechanism of applying, modernizing state, industrial and public control (supervision) of jurisdictional activity, ensure inevitability of legal prosecution for natural and legal persons liable for the abuse of natural resources and objects. It is controversial to state that all the current norms of the Russian Federation Constitution are duly and completely implemented. Hence, the article concludes that it is viable to concentrate on implementing the norms and their application to outline the problems and guidelines for the further development of the Russian environmental law system.