Abstract
Lobbying is essential part of a democratic society and it is impossible to deny its existence in modern Russia. Despite that fact, Russia had not officially recognized the existing phenomenon, and the relations in this area had not been regulated by law. Examine the experience of other countries and comparing it with known manifestations of lobbying in Russia, it is necessary to relate it to known models. This will make it possible to identify the state of development of this institution in our country, avoid the specific errors of the system, predict the possible direction of development and improvement of this mechanism. The study of the phenomenon of the emergence of vested interests, their place in the political system, as well as the concept of ‘lobbyism’ and the mechanisms of its legal regulation led to the conclusion that a model of state corporatism has developed in Russia, and a continental model of the legal regime-regulation of lobbying. Research had revealed the need to improve and establish new institutions for the articulation of group interests, the adoption of a law on lobbying and the establishment of a public register of lobbyists.