LEGAL REGULATION OF THE LEGISLATIvE PROCESS IN THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION
The article considers the essence of the legislative process as one of the Central institutions of constitutional law, and especially its implementation in the Russian Federation. The analysis of normative acts regulating this process at the Federal level is given. The role of the President of the Russian Federation in legal regulation of various stages of the legislative process is noted. The author presents the characteristics of the main stages of the legislative process and their legal support. Suggestions for reforming the current constitutional legislation of the Russian Federation regarding the legislative process are made.