Kuyanova A.V. Legal features of a public servant in the Russian Federation

Abstract: The research subject includes the legislative provisions about public service in the Russian Federation and the juridical literature, defining the legal features of a public servant in the Russian Federation. The research object is social relations, emerging in the process of public service in the Russian Federation, aimed at defining the set of legal features of a public servant in the Russian Federation. The author considers such features of a public servant as: 1) Russian citizenship; 2) 18 years of age; 3) command of the Russian language; 4) compliance with the requirements of the public service position; 5) possession of the notice of assignment to a public service position and the work contract; 6) carrying out of activities according to the service instructions; 7) financial allowance, paid from the federal or the local budget. The research methodology includes the technical and juridical method of commenting, scientific systematization and doctrinal interpretation of legal norms using formal logic. The author applies general philosophical, theoretical and empirical methods. The author concludes that the legislative consolidation of the term “public servant” doesn’t detail its content, since it doesn’t allow for all features, typical for a public servant in the Russian Federation. The author’s contribution consists in the definition of typical legal features of a public servant in the Russian Federation and their thorough analysis, based on the provisions of Russian and foreign legislation. 

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