Rough Edges of the Status of a Foreign Agent. Problems of Legislative Regulation

The Institute of Foreign Agents has gained particular importance in modern Russian legal reality. The adoption of the new federal law contributed to the unification of the regulation of this institution, but the current legislation needs in-depth study. The article is devoted to the legal understanding of the status of a foreign agent - a domestic short story in the constitutional model of rights and freedoms. It was established that the legal regulation of the status of a foreign agent meets the constitutionally significant goals of protecting the foundations of the constitutional system, rights and freedoms, and ensuring the security of the state. The need for legislative consolidation of this institution in Russia corresponds to the evolution of public-political relations. Based on the conducted comparative legal analysis of foreign experience, the contours of the legal model for securing such status in Russia are defined, the problems of the status of a foreign agent as a subject of legal regulation are identified. The authors consider the status of persons affiliated with foreign agents, their role in relation to foreign agents. An analysis of the norms of administrative and criminal legislation regulating legal relations, which arise in violation of legal instructions established for foreign agents is carried out. Based on the results of the scientific study, practical recommendations are proposed for improving and modernizing domestic legislation on foreign agents.