Sensation! Russians will appear in Russia!
Incredibly, but a fact: Russia finally officially recognizes the existence of the Russian people. Or do not recognize. There are quite a few opponents of such an innovation, and so far their efforts to appease ethnic minorities have been successfully completed. Perhaps we rejoice early, and this time they will say their weighty word.
Before embarking on the main part of the conversation, I would like to make one small, but important clarification: however dubious such a situation may seem to us, in general, we are not talking about some kind of systematic discrimination against Russians. No, it would be much more accurate to say that they are simply not noticed. More precisely, they are noticed as citizens, as taxpayers (this is necessary), as military service, as voters ... But just as Russians are not in a hurry to notice them. They are not in a hurry to celebrate their contribution to the creation of a common state, their right to study national traditions, culture, and features. It just so happened that we even had almost no full-fledged Russian cuisine, except for such a salad “Olivier” and a cake “Napoleon”.
And this, you see, is somehow unfair. Well, really, why? We are kind and hardly deserve such indifference to ourselves!
It seems that something like this has begun to reach the Russian authorities. According to the newspaper Kommersant, the Presidential Council on Interethnic Relations should approve the new version of the Strategy of the state national policy. And in it the mention of the Russian people will finally appear, as well as recall the “state-forming role of the Russian people” and the “civilization cultural code”, which did not find a place in the previous edition of this document.
The Presidium of the Council has already reviewed and approved the new version of the document. Now it needs to be approved, so to speak, in a wide composition. And only after that it will be submitted for signature to the president, which should be the final point in the adoption of the document.
Perhaps not everyone understands why this question is so important. Moreover, many will say that he doesn’t have any value at all - you give a political nation, and this is quite enough. But there are, as they say, nuances ...
If the Russian people were not honored with references to the Constitution of Russia, then national minorities, having national-territorial formations on the territory of the Russian Federation, are not particularly embarrassed, and they write with pleasure in their regional constitutions. But the existence of Russians as an ethnocultural subject living in a certain territory is officially recognized only in four documents at the level of a regional constitution or charter of a region (territory). It would probably not be a problem if the federal legislation were somewhat clearer and more correct to the largest state-forming people of our country. But, as we see, the situation is beginning to change only now ...
Russian in Russia about 80%. Is it a lot? By the standards of Europe, Russia is generally considered a mono-ethnic country. But in the 1993 year, when the Yeltsin (acting) constitution was adopted on bayonets and blood, in which there was no place for mentioning the Russian people, 91% of the population considered themselves Russians in Russia. For twenty-five years, we have become less by 11 percent. points. Is there any connection? Let everyone decide for himself ...
Without going into the details of national and state construction, which have been going on for a quarter of a century, we note the main thing: any steps to normalize the legal field are welcome. Especially, if they relate to such complex issues as national ones.
Of course, the new version of the National Policy Strategy is not limited only to what restores historical justice, recognizing the role of the Russian people. It is a document of strategic planning in the field of national security and was developed, literally, “in order to ensure the interests of the state, society, man and citizen, and strengthen the state unity and integrity of the Russian Federation”.
Among the main security challenges, in particular, are:
Threats are also called
Compared with the first (current) edition of this Strategy, adopted in 2012, the new document, according to developers and experts, has become more compact, it takes better account of the changes taking place in society and in the world. Actualization also touched some recent historical milestones, in particular, the annexation of the Crimea.
Of course, one can argue about whether the risk of ethnic conflicts has really decreased, but the desire to emphasize the Russian identity of the Crimea can be called very commendable.
However, as they say, do not say "gop." The Federal Agency for Nationalities, which was engaged in the development of this document, stressed that this version of the document is not final, and it will be possible to analyze the document itself only after it is signed by the president.
Before embarking on the main part of the conversation, I would like to make one small, but important clarification: however dubious such a situation may seem to us, in general, we are not talking about some kind of systematic discrimination against Russians. No, it would be much more accurate to say that they are simply not noticed. More precisely, they are noticed as citizens, as taxpayers (this is necessary), as military service, as voters ... But just as Russians are not in a hurry to notice them. They are not in a hurry to celebrate their contribution to the creation of a common state, their right to study national traditions, culture, and features. It just so happened that we even had almost no full-fledged Russian cuisine, except for such a salad “Olivier” and a cake “Napoleon”.
And this, you see, is somehow unfair. Well, really, why? We are kind and hardly deserve such indifference to ourselves!
It seems that something like this has begun to reach the Russian authorities. According to the newspaper Kommersant, the Presidential Council on Interethnic Relations should approve the new version of the Strategy of the state national policy. And in it the mention of the Russian people will finally appear, as well as recall the “state-forming role of the Russian people” and the “civilization cultural code”, which did not find a place in the previous edition of this document.
The Russian state was formed as a unity of nations, whose historical core was the Russian people as the system-forming core. The modern Russian society is united by a single cultural (civilizational) code based on the preservation and development of Russian culture and language, the historical and cultural heritage of all the peoples of Russia.
The Presidium of the Council has already reviewed and approved the new version of the document. Now it needs to be approved, so to speak, in a wide composition. And only after that it will be submitted for signature to the president, which should be the final point in the adoption of the document.
Perhaps not everyone understands why this question is so important. Moreover, many will say that he doesn’t have any value at all - you give a political nation, and this is quite enough. But there are, as they say, nuances ...
If the Russian people were not honored with references to the Constitution of Russia, then national minorities, having national-territorial formations on the territory of the Russian Federation, are not particularly embarrassed, and they write with pleasure in their regional constitutions. But the existence of Russians as an ethnocultural subject living in a certain territory is officially recognized only in four documents at the level of a regional constitution or charter of a region (territory). It would probably not be a problem if the federal legislation were somewhat clearer and more correct to the largest state-forming people of our country. But, as we see, the situation is beginning to change only now ...
Russian in Russia about 80%. Is it a lot? By the standards of Europe, Russia is generally considered a mono-ethnic country. But in the 1993 year, when the Yeltsin (acting) constitution was adopted on bayonets and blood, in which there was no place for mentioning the Russian people, 91% of the population considered themselves Russians in Russia. For twenty-five years, we have become less by 11 percent. points. Is there any connection? Let everyone decide for himself ...
Without going into the details of national and state construction, which have been going on for a quarter of a century, we note the main thing: any steps to normalize the legal field are welcome. Especially, if they relate to such complex issues as national ones.
Of course, the new version of the National Policy Strategy is not limited only to what restores historical justice, recognizing the role of the Russian people. It is a document of strategic planning in the field of national security and was developed, literally, “in order to ensure the interests of the state, society, man and citizen, and strengthen the state unity and integrity of the Russian Federation”.
... thus, national policy fits into the broader context of a country's national security.
Among the main security challenges, in particular, are:
the influence of international terrorism and extremism, the spread of radical ideas based on national and religious exclusivity ", the emergence of" hot spots as a result of the transfer to the territory of the country of the ideology of foreign regional conflicts.
Threats are also called
hyperbolization of regional interests and separatism, including through support from abroad ", illegal migration and the imperfection of the system of adaptation of migrants, the formation of closed ethnic enclaves, social and property inequality, regional economic differentiation, the consequences of interethnic conflicts and disputes in the regions of the Russian Federation, the outflow n population from the regions of the North Caucasus, Siberia and the Far East.
Compared with the first (current) edition of this Strategy, adopted in 2012, the new document, according to developers and experts, has become more compact, it takes better account of the changes taking place in society and in the world. Actualization also touched some recent historical milestones, in particular, the annexation of the Crimea.
A significant event for the development of interethnic relations and the strengthening of all-Russian civic identity was the reunification of the Crimea with Russia. The patriotic rise, along with the implementation of state national policy measures, the intensification of the participation of civil society structures in the harmonization of interethnic and interfaith relations, significantly reduced the risks and threats of interethnic conflicts.
Of course, one can argue about whether the risk of ethnic conflicts has really decreased, but the desire to emphasize the Russian identity of the Crimea can be called very commendable.
However, as they say, do not say "gop." The Federal Agency for Nationalities, which was engaged in the development of this document, stressed that this version of the document is not final, and it will be possible to analyze the document itself only after it is signed by the president.
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