Legal Regulation of Environmental Problems of Coal Mining in Russian Federation

The legal side of subsoil use is one of the cornerstones of creating conditions for the transition to sustainable development. The will of the state - the guarantor of taking environmental measures should be implemented in the relevant legislative acts. The authors consider the main directions of legal regulation of the coal mining process in the territory of Russia. Basic legal documents regulating relations in the sphere of subsoil use of the Russian Federation are considered, problems of legislation on subsoil, water resources and land use are identified, and the main directions for its improvement are outlined. Also, a comparative analysis of the legal documents of the Russian Federation in this area is provided, that shows the obvious shortcomings of this issue from the point of view of the legislation.