On the question of Civil Society in Modern Russia
The article examines the legal category "civil society", the author examines the issues of interaction between civil society and the state mechanism, in the context of enhancing the effectiveness of the functioning of state authorities. The article focuses on the issues of the formation of the legal category "civil society" in the theory of state and law. In the course of the study, the author comes to the conclusion that through the prism of the activities of civil society, it is possible to analyze the real activities of public authorities, to identify problematic aspects and trends in the development of public administration in the Russian Federation.