Autonomy and independence of subjects of public control in the Russian Federation as its principle

The article touches upon the problems of realization of one of the key principles of public control - autonomy and independence of its subjects. It is emphasized that in any democratic state governed by the rule of law, the system of constitutional principles requires guarantees for their implementation, protection and defense. Meanwhile, the fundamental guarantee of people’s power and public participation in the management of state affairs (as the key principles of the Basic Law of the country) is the institution of public control. The author considers various points of view regarding the definition and content of the concepts of autonomy and independence of subjects of public control in Russia, formalizes and substantiates the author’s definitions of these concepts. Besides, the main objective and subjective problems hindering the implementation, protection and defense of the mentioned principle of public control are formalized and investigated in the work. The following system of measures to resolve them has been developed and substantiated: a) by incorporating the above-mentioned institution of civil society and the system of its principles into the Basic Law of the country; b) by fixing the definition of the concept of the principle of autonomy and independence of subjects of public control in the legislation on public control; c) by expanding the list of powers of subjects of public control, ensuring their autonomy and independence, as well as their varieties; d) by changing the order of formation of subjects of public control (including organizational forms of public control) in the country; e) by consolidating a system of criminal and administrative-legal corpus delicti, by means of which any attempts of illegal influence on the activities of subjects of public control will be severely punished by the legislation; (e) through the introduction of modern technologies into the activities of subjects of public control, ensuring the realization of the above-mentioned principle.