Provisional application of treaties as a legal means of promoting national interests of states (problem statement)

The study discusses the need for provisional application of treaties. The institution of provisional application of treaties is analyzed in the context of promoting national interests of states. This phenomenon is considered as an outcome of such technique as a legal fiction. The correlation between the provisional application of treaties and the related concepts is analyzed. The authors justify the proposal to introduce a prior constitutional control as an obligatory stage of making decisions about the feasibility of the provisional application of treaties in the Russian Federation. The research demonstrates the need to develop a mechanism for preparing and reviewing the proposal for provisional application of a treaty that will exclude the provisional application of a treaty contradicting national interests and (or) the Constitution of the Russian Federation.