Some issues of granting publicly and municipally owned land plots to a non-profit organization for gardening and vegetable growing

Introduction: the major transformations in the field of land law that took place in Russia in 2014 touched upon the issues of providing the citizens and legal entities with publicly or municipally owned land plots. This topic is relevant today, as with the help of the state-provided garden, vegetable, suburban land plots, the citizen’s right to rest is exercised, as well as getting environmentally friendly agricultural products for their own needs is provided. Methods: the methodological framework for this study is a set of methods of scientific knowledge, among which the main are the comparative law method and the analysis of the legal framework. Results: the author’s point of view shown in the work is based on the legislation and the opinions of the competent academic community on the provision of publicly or municipally owned land plots to a non-profit organization for gardening and vegetable growing. On the basis of introducing the novelties in the land legislation connected with granting of lands to the gardeners and vegetable growers, the analysis and comparison with the previous legislation is given. Conclusions: the study identified the positive aspects of the new law and the negative aspects of the previous legislation. In this regard, it is concluded that the current conditions for the development of society and state require that the adopted laws not only solve the existing problems of gardeners, vegetable growers and cottagers, but also become the basis for the development and improvement of their legal culture, as well as the convergence of their interests with the interests of the public authorities in the use of the land resources.