Citizens' petitions in the political rights system

High importance of the right to appeal and its legal regulation is clearly demonstrated by the history of adoption of the federal law on citizens' appeals, during which various drafts were proposed and discussed at various meetings, conciliation commissions were created; the highest state bodies and officials (Federation Council of the Russian Federation, the President of the Russian Federation) had their views on these drafts; the differences were so significant that the adoption of the law was blocked by the upper house of parliament and the President. At the same time the right to appeal has a dual nature: on the one hand, it is included in the text of the Constitution of the Russian Federation, serves to protect fundamental rights and freedoms, ensures the interaction between man and state, and therefore is constitutional, and on the other hand, causes the need to regulate the work of public authorities, that is, it affects issues of administrative law.