CONSTITUTIONAL AND LEGAL FOUNDATIONS OF FREEDOM OF THE MEDIA IN THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION Vanyan Kristina Dzhivanovna, PhD at law. <...> Department: Theory and History of State and Law chair. <...> Department: Theory and History of State and Law chair. <...> Department: Theory and History of State and Law chair. <...> E-mail: sira22@mail.ru Annotation: The article considers the problem of constitutional-legal principles of the freedom of mass information in the Russian Federation the mass media is an institution of civil society, they enable you to identify and take account of the diversity of opinions and beliefs of people. <...> Free and independent media are at the same time the indispensable condition of a truly civil society and a legal state. <...> В статье рассматривается актуальная проблема конституционно-правовых основ свободы массовой информации в Российской Федерации Средства массовой информации - это институт гражданского общества, они позволяют выявлять и учитывать многообразие мнений и убеждений людей. <...>