A.S. Koshel

Foreign legal and political science notes the positive effect from the interpenetration of the institutions of direct and representative democracy, especially by way of modern digital technologies. The key forms of such interpenetration have been and remain the popular (civil) legislative initiative and public hearings (public discussion of bills). The experience of crowdsourcing in carrying out legislative work, the involvement of citizens in the work of parliamentarians show a multiple increase in the level of citizens’ trust in the institutions of parliamentary democracy, which is confirmed by foreign studies. According to the Levada Center in Russia since 2015 the level of disapproval about activities of the Russian State Duma has exceeded the level of approval and since this time the level of disapproval continue to grow up. For this reason, it is highly important for Russia to research the experience of those countries, that have managed to change the predominantly negative attitude of citizens towards parliamentary institutions to predominantly positive. For Russia, where, according to the Levada Center, the level of disapproval of the State Duma has exceeded the level of approval since 2015, the study of the experience of countries that have managed to change the predominantly negative

attitude of citizens towards parliamentary institutions to predominantly positive is of high importance. The author comes to the conclusion that in Russia it is necessary to revive the popular legislative initiative at the federal level, including through the introduction of the institution of the legislative proposal. Secondly, the author proposes to legislatively regulate the possibility of submitting legislative proposals to the State Duma, including by expanding the functionality of the Russian Public Initiative Internet portal (roi.ru). Thirdly, the author considers it expedient to create in Russia an electronic platform for interaction between the parliament and civil society “Electronic Parliament of Russia”, which allows, through electronic democracy, to increase public confidence in the activities of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation.