Current trends in legal regulation of protection of objects of archaeological heritage in the Russian Federation
in the article taking into account the latest changes in legislation the issues of the current state of legal protection of archaeological heritage objects in the Russian Federation are investigated, and the key factors that contribute to the spread of illegal activities in the field of archeology are revealed. The author touches on the problem of the semantic uncertainty of a number of legal norms of the Federal Law “On Objects of Cultural Heritage (Monuments of History and Culture) of the Peoples of the Russian Federation”. This is mainly about the standards-definitions that reveal the content of the basic concepts: “archaeological items”, “cultural layer”, etc. Also in the work attention is paid to the issues of education in modern man respectful attitude to the law, to his historical past, expressed, in that Number, in material remains, which are of archaeological value. In this issue, according to the author, the state can not do without the help of the family, public organizations and organizations that carry out educational activities.