The article comprises the analysis of the role of the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation in the process of formation of democratic, rule of law and social Russian state. The author focuses on the fact that it’s essentially the constitutional jurisprudence that makes it possible to develop the adequate perception of human rights as the primary constitutional value, to define the nature and to unfold the significance of the principles stipulated in the Constitution, to ensure the harmonization of Russian legislation with the commonly recognized principles and norms of International law, to delineate the constitutional meaning of legal provisions subjected to the Constitutional Court review.