THE INSTITUTE OF CENSORSHIP IN THE LIBERAL STATE-LEGAL REGIME OF RUSSIA IN THE LATE XX – EARLY XXI CENTURIES

Abstract

The article examines the role of the institution of censorship and the elements of censorship state policy in the formation and functioning of the liberal state-legal regime in Russia in the late 20th and early 21st centuries. Scientific positions are analyzed regarding the prospects for the development of this model of the state-legal regime, as well as the relationship between the constitutional prohibition of censorship and the application of elements of censorship policy in the political and legal space of Russia. The conclusion is drawn that the Russian political and legal regime is a complex set of methods and techniques of ruling, based on authoritarian principles (used in periods of instability, and therefore almost constantly), in addition to which liberal approaches can be very successfully applied. One of the essential characteristics of this regime is the institution of censorship, which is dialectically built and functions in the Russian political system.