Full implementation of the constitutional principle of democracy in practice requires continuous improvement of the institution of public control in the Russian Federation, acting, on the one hand, as a guarantee of the reality of the people’s right to exercise democracy, and on the other hand, the mechanism that prevents the usurpation of power, its misappropriation, as well as the implementation is not in the interests of the citizens of the country. The system of legal regulation of public control of power in Russia is represented by several groups of normative legal acts of national legislation. This article is devoted to the study of federal, regional and municipal legislation in the field of regulation of public control in the Russian Federation. The study used a number of scientific methods, in particular: comparative legal; assessment; classification. The paper presents a comparative analysis of legal acts that contribute to the organization and functioning of the system of public control in the Russian Federation, their author’s classification. This made it possible to analyze the regulatory framework of the public control mechanism in the Russian Federation, determining their place, role and importance in the organization of the public control system in our country.