Constitutional guarantees of citizens’ rights as a condition for sustainable environmental development

Based on the analysis of the norms of the Constitution of Russia, the legal positions of the constitutional Court of the Russian Federation, strategic documents and other normative legal acts, the author examines the constitutional guarantees of citizens ‘ rights, determines the significance of the concept of sustainable development for ensuring environmental safety, as well as environmental development of Russia. The article analyzes individual UN sustainable development goals and national legislation designed to ensure the implementation of sustainable development policies and environmental protection. The interpenetration, interaction, and convergence of social relations leads to an increase in both legal mediation and integration processes. The author concludes that the legislation is becoming more and more environmentally friendly, these norms penetrate not only into acts regulating the economic development of the country, acts designed to prevent an environmental crisis, but also provide constitutional guarantees of human and civil rights to a favorable environment