Constitutional-legal aspects of regional social policy in Russia

Abstract

The main direction of constitutional and legal aspect of regional social policy is the social protection of citizens, and its provision by the subjects of the Russian Federation, taking into account the division of powers between the Federal center and regions. The delimitation of competencies between the Russian Federation and its subjects within the implementation of the constitutional rights of citizens for social security requires the preservation of a uniform approach to the cont ent a nd r e a l i zation of the g i ven r ig ht th roug hout t he t er r itor y of t he R u s sia n Federation, the harmonization of regional and federal social policy. The author comes to the conclusion about the necessity to establish federal standards, defining the basic minimums of the regional component in the realization of the citizens’ right for social security as the basic element of social policy.