Constitutional mechanism for the protection of citizens' rights in the Russian Federation

The purpose of the article is to study the legal nature and essence of the constitutional mechanism for the protection of citizens' rights in modern Russia. The leading method of studying the problem is the deductive method, which allows studying the legal nature and features of the implementation of the constitutional mechanism for protecting the rights of citizens in Russia. The article uses the inductive method, the method of systematic scientific analysis, and comparative legal and historical methods. The article concludes that the constitutional and legal status (as a legally fixed position of a person in their relations with the state and society) is part of the social status of an individual in society. The latter, in turn, is determined not only by legal norms but also by other regulators (political, moral, religious, etc.), mediating the diverse connections of a person with society and the state