The Constitutional Status of the President of the Russian Federation in View of the Constitutional Reform in Russia

The article examines the constitutional status of the President of the Russian Federation in the light of the latest constitutional amendments that marked a large-scale constitutional reform in Russia, analyzes the new powers of the head of state in the sphere of formation and functioning of state authorities by comparing the previous and new versions of the Basic law of Russia, common standards of a democratic and legal state. A special place in the article is occupied by the analysis of the relationship between the President and the Government of the Russian Federation, the constitutional formula of the General leadership of the President and the Government of the Russian Federation. The study examines the participation of the President in the formation of the Federal Government in relation to the powers of the State Duma. It is noted that the new presidential powers from the position of a mixed (presidential-parliamentary) way of government may seem excessive, but they look natural from the perspective of the presidential form of government in Russia.