ETHNIC MINORITIES AND THE ENTITLEMENT TO ETHNICAL AND CULTURAL AUTONOMY 

Skatulina Elena Vladimirovna, Leading expert, Department of the Federal Migratory Service of the Russian
Federation in Arkhangelsk region, anastasiya2@mail.ru
Ovchinnikov Valentin Alekseevich, Candidate of juridical sciences, candidate of engineering sciences, professor,
sub-department of constitutional law, North-West Academy of Public Administration under the President
of the Russian Federation (Saint-Petersburg), anastasiya2@mail.ru

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In the article author has analyzed the urgent problem of implementing certain rights and privileges given to the national minorities, allowing them to establish a national and cultural autonomy. Also she presents a review of Russian and international expertise in organizing the activity of the national and cultural autonomies, as well as brings up some personal assessments of the current legislation in the Russian Federation concerning the field of national and cultural autonomies regulation and administration.

national minorities, national-cultural autonomy, an actual problem of realization of rights, the organization of activity.