Tkachenko, S.V. Modern model of Russian federalism

Abstract: The article is devoted to the problem of reception of the Western concept of federalism. As being based on the ethnical principle, it poses a threat to the unity of the Russian Federation. However, changes in the ideology of federalism, as well as the transfer towards the legal federalism shall allow to ease the tension among the people of the constituent subjects of the Russian Federation. Keywords: jurisprudence, law, ideology, federalism, reception, imperialism, subjects, myth, ethnical, politics