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The paper deals with the problem of representation of the Russian regions in the upper house of the Parliament. The aim of the study is to consider the regions' participation in the Federation Council's activities through changing the legislation on the formation of this body of authority. The author used logical, comparative, systematic and historical methods. The result is a comparative analysis of the legislation on the formation of the Federal Council, and the influence of its changing on the nature of representation of the regions in "the House of Regions". The author makes a conclusion that the regions are not represented adequately, the formation of the Federal Council is not democratic, and the increasing of the constitutional powers is necessary for improving of the status of this body of authority in the Russian political system. ; Статья посвящена проблеме представительства субъектов Российской Федерации в верхней палате российского парламента. Цель данного исследования – рассмотреть участие российских регионов в деятельности Совета Федерации Федерального Собрания Российской Федерации через призму изменения законодательства о порядке формирования данного государственного органа. В качестве теоретической основы исследования были применены такие методы как общелогический, сравнительный, системный, исторический. Результатом исследования стал сравнительный анализ федерального законодательства о порядке формирования Совета Федерации и влияние его изменений на характер представительства субъектов Российской Федерации в «палате регионов». В итоге автор делает вывод о недостаточном на данный момент региональном характере верхней палаты российского парламента и о невысокой степени демократичности процедуры ее формирования, а также о необходимости увеличения конституционных полномочий Совета Федерации для повышения статуса и роли данного государственного органа в российской политической системе.

The purpose of the research. The article describes the relationship between the chambers of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation, as well as the current legislation regarding adopting federal laws. The article reveals the problem of relations between the two chambers of the Russian parliament, expressed in the lowering of the status of the Federation Council, as the chamber of the Russian parliament, consolidating and representing the interests of the subjects of Russia at the federal level. The decorative veto right of the Federation Council when considering federal laws adopted by the State Duma is analyzed. The aim of the study is toelevatethe status of the Federation Council by establishing and identifying a possible option for reforming the current legislation, under which the Federation Council will receive a full-fledged veto right. Conclusions. As a result of the study, the author comes to the conclusion that the position of representatives of the regions when considering federal laws is no less important than the position of representatives of political parties, while the lack of a full veto right from the Federation Council when considering federal laws adopted by the State Duma diminishes the status of the upper house of the Russian parliament. The author concludes that there is a tendency to elevate the status of the upper chamber of the Russian parliament considers it necessary to amend the current legislation and proposes a specific version of such a change that will increase the status of the Federation Council.