Issues of the legislative definition of the legal capacity of regional sports federations

The article examines key issues of legislative regulation of the legal status of regional sports federations in the Russian Federation. The author analyzes the contradictions between the Federal Law “On Physical Culture and Sports in the Russian Federation” and the Federal Law “On Public Associations,” and identifies uncertainties in matters of legal capacity and corporate status of regional sports federations. The author focuses on the differences between regional sports federations that have legal entity status and those that do not. Based on an analysis of regulatory acts and the charters of individual sports federations, the author concludes that there is a need to clarify legislation aimed at regulating the procedure for the creation, liquidation, and participation of regional sports federations in civil transactions, as well as their corporate relations with the All-Russian Sports Federation, and also proposes possible approaches to improving legislation.