title: Issues of defining sovereignty and its significance in the modern state and legal development of the Russian Federation
abstract: Background. The article is devoted to the study of the determining sovereignty issue and its significance in the modern state-legal development of the Russian Federation. Various approaches to understanding the category of “sovereignty” are revealed. The cate-gory of “state sovereigntyˮ is studied, its structure and content are determined. The defini-tion of sovereignty in the legislation of the Russian Federation is being considered. The features of its regulation and application in the practic
journal: University proceedings Volga region Social sciences