AMENDMENTS TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION AS THE BASIS OF IDENTITY POLICY IN THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION
https://doi.org/10.26425/1816-4277-2020-11-217-224
Abstract
The article is devoted to the consideration of amendments to the Constitution of Russia approved during the vote on July 1, 2020, which set the main parameters of identity policy in our country. Special attention is paid to the reaction of public figures, experts and representatives of the leadership of the republics within the Russian Federation. During the discussion of the amendments, there was a strong public demand to clarify and fix in the form of constitutional provisions the main content of cultural and civilizational parameters of the Russian identity. The adoption of the amendments demonstrated broad public agreement on the constitutionally defined parameters of Russian national identity. The discussion showed an ambiguous attitude of ethnic activists in the republics to the set parameters of identity policy. And the leaders of a number of republics expressed their dissenting opinion, which reflected a certain tension over the inclusion of the concept of “state-forming people”in the article on the state language.
Keywords
amendments,
constitution,
ethno-cultural diversity,
identity policy,
linguistic diversity,
Russian national identity,
Russian people,
state-forming people,
state language
Supporting agencies: The research was supported by the RFBR and EISR under the scientific project No. 20-011-31303.
About the Authors
O. Yu. Yakhshiyan
State University of Management
Russian Federation
Candidate of Historical Sciences
Moscow
Russian Federation
Candidate of Historical Sciences
Moscow
V. A. Volokh
State University of Management
Russian Federation
Doctor of Political Sciences
Moscow
Russian Federation
Doctor of Political Sciences
Moscow
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Yakhshiyan O.Yu., Volokh V.A. AMENDMENTS TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION AS THE BASIS OF IDENTITY POLICY IN THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION. Vestnik Universiteta. 2020;(11):217-224. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.26425/1816-4277-2020-11-217-224
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