The concept of checks and balances as part of separation of powers doctrine and the amendments to the Russian Constitution. A responsibility of the institutions of the civil society in a new Russian constitutional reality
Author discusses the still unsolved problem of adapting the doctrine of separation of powers and the conception of checks and balances to the Russian Constitution and the theory of the Russian constitutional law. He express his concern that the now-suggested amendments to Constitution will reduce the independence of judiciary as well as a practical implementation of the separation of powers in Russia. Author also discusses a responsibility of the institutions of the civil society in a new Russian constitutional reality.