Unity of the peoples of Russia: constitutional and legal foundations and significance for the state
Keywords:
unity of the peoples of Russia, spiritual and moral values, ethnocultural diversity, Russia's civilizational identity, national ideaAbstract
The category of "unity of the peoples of Russia" is examined in various aspects in Russian legislation and legal doctrine: as a fundamental principle of the national legal order, a state-legal idea, a spiritual and moral value, the foundation of the Russian federal state, etc. The primary objective of this research article is a constitutional and legal analysis of the significance of this category for the preservation and strengthening of the Russian state. To achieve this goal, the objectives of studying the content of specific normative legal acts governing the implementation of state policy regarding ensuring the unity of the peoples of Russia, as well as judicial acts and doctrine, were set and solved. The author utilized a comprehensive approach, combining various methods of scientific inquiry: dialectical, systemic, and formal-legal. As a result of the study, the author comes to the following conclusions: given the fundamental importance for the Russian state of preserving and strengthening the unity of the peoples of Russia, it is necessary to imbue this category with essential regulatory content at all levels of state lawmaking; To clarify and clearly delineate the conceptual apparatus of the categories "unity of the peoples of Russia", "unity of the multinational people of the Russian Federation", "unity of the Russian nation"; to implement legal unification of terminology in the activities of the bodies of the unified system of public authority of the Russian Federation; to concretize its state and legal significance.