Constitutional and legal bases of activity of diplomatic service

Purpose: The analysis of legal bases of regulation of diplomatic activity in Ukraine and the Russian Federation. Methodology: The author used formal-legal and comparative legal methods. Results: In article the conclusion is drawn on that, with development of modern means of communication and transport the role of permanent diplomatic representations in the sphere of the highest policy weakens. At the same time the intensification of interstate communications causes increase of value of diplomatic communications for ensuring national interests of the states in various spheres of public life. It is noted that for the first time the principles of legal regulation of diplomatic activity at the international level were consolidated in 1961 with adoption of the Vienna convention on the right of international treaties. Within national legal systems of Ukraine and the Russian Federation the whole complexes of the normative legal acts, urged to regulate diplomatic activity were accepted. The basic principles of the organization of all foreign policy and, respectively, activity of diplomatic bodies both in Ukraine, and in Russia are enshrined in the laws of these states analyzed in work. Novelty/originality/value: Article has a certain scientific value as contains the author’s generalizations, allowing to understand structure of the domestic legislation of Russia and Ukraine in the sphere of regulation of diplomatic activity and to reveal the basic principles of its organization.