ON THE QUESTION OF THE STATE-LEGAL STATUS OF THE CHECHEN REPUBLIC
The article describes how state power is exercised under its territorial organization; the constitutional and legal status of an entity of the Russian Federation is described through the example of the Chechen Republic; It is concluded that the Chechen Republic, according to its Constitution and the Constitution of the Russian Federation, as an entity of the Russian Federation possesses equal rights in accordance with its constitutional and legal status and has full state authority.