PRINCIPLE OF FREEDOM IN THE INTERPRETATION OF THE CONSTITUTIONAL COURT OF UKRAINE The article is devoted to the de nition of freedom as a principle in the decisions of the Constitutional Court of Ukraine. <...> Freedom viewed as a general legal principle, and as a synonym for the rights and freedoms of man and citizen. <...> Freedom is also analyzed in the decision of the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation. <...> K e y w o r d s: liberty, principle of freedom, human and citizen rights and freedoms, Constitutional state. <...> Свобода рассмотрена как общеправовой принцип и как синоним прав и свобод человека и гражданина, а также проанализирована в решении Конституционного Суда Российской Федерации! <...>