Abstract:  
The subject of this research is the Russian political system. The object of this research is the determination of essence of the Russian political system associated with the choice of state legal modernization project. Due to the early established tradition, understanding and acknowledgement of originality of the Russian political world, genesis, and specificity of the own and adjusted sources, distinct metaphysics of political relations and ways of their regulation, suggests reference to the question of typification of the Russian political system, as well as identification of its place within the currently existing typologies. The main conclusion of this work lies in indicating the typological peculiarities of the modern Russian political system under the conditions of establishment of the new European political legal order. The typological characteristic of the current Russian political system alongside the content and result of the political convergence and globalization processes are defined by several phenomena: gradual deformation of multiple Soviet, and later liberal political, legal, and ethical norms, institutions, and values; consolidation of position on the so-called immanent of the history of Russian State and society “lack of own traditions of democratic political thinking” aligned with the neglecting of the national spiritual values; orientation of the ruling elites towards the certain “universal” political institutions and values, transnational ideas, and necessity of Westernization of the Russian political life.