INTERPRETATIONS OF JUSTICE IN CONTEMPORARY RUSSIA: THE RESULT OF ONLINE SURVEY

Abstract

This article is aimed to clarify semantic connotations of the word «Justice», formed by the Russian political consciousness and represented in the language of Russian internet users. On the basis of secondary data analysis, the author analyzes the role of the idea of justice in the political consciousness of contemporary Russian citizens. Using the data of his own sociological research and secondary data analysis, the author describes the meanings often attributed to the concept of justice in contemporary Russian society and illustrates his ideas on the analysis of the attitudes of Russian Internet users. The key idea of the article is that the theme of justice has become one of the most important for the modern Russian society and it is often understood through the identification with the concept of law. In this article the author describes the relationship between these concepts in the opinion of contemporary Russians