Modern Russian Federation Research Articles

САМООРГАНИЗАЦИЯ СОВРЕМЕННОГО РОССИЙСКОГО ГРАЖДАНСКОГО ОБЩЕСТВА: ТЕОРЕТИКО-МЕТОДОЛОГИЧЕСКИЕ ОСНОВЫ ИССЛЕДОВАНИЯ

САМООРГАНИЗАЦИЯ СОВРЕМЕННОГО РОССИЙСКОГО ГРАЖДАНСКОГО ОБЩЕСТВА: ТЕОРЕТИКО-МЕТОДОЛОГИЧЕСКИЕ ОСНОВЫ ИССЛЕДОВАНИЯ

URGENT DESTABILIZERS OF PUBLIC AND STATE SECURITY, TACTICS OF COUNTERACTION TO IT

At creation of civil society in any constitutional state there is a crime counteraction problem. In the modern Russian Federation safety problems from the negative social phenomena and processes force scientists, public agents and ordinary citizens to investigate constantly such determinants and the reasons (destabilizers of safety of society and the constitutional state), to eliminate their consequences. Such problems as are urgent now: increase in information on ways and consequences of violence in the mass media (MM), the Internet, computer games, traditional physical abuse. The number of questions and assessment by citizens of consequences of the conducted terrorist attacks and infringement of life of citizens causes. The accounting of the specified problems and versions of decisions in law-enforcement practice, will allow to promote as a result efficiency of prevention of offenses and crimes and will bring closer modern Russia to ideal model of the constitutional state with real civil society. In article the author designates a number of the legal and social destabilizers of safety existing now in the Russian society and the state, proposes the solution of their negative impact on society within tactics of crime control.

Использование средств массовой информации в электоральных циклах современной России

In article influence of political transit on application of selective technologies in modern electoral system of the Russian Federation is analysed. Authors prove situation that the political processes which are taking place in transitive democracies which the modern Russian Federation is have considerable impact on the contents, character and rates of transformations in society. As, during election campaign various electoral technologies having various impact on behavior of voters are applied. However, despite application of new technologies, mass media have the greatest impact on electorate as are the most available means of informing voters
 As a result authors formulated a conclusion that in the most effective ways of impact on voters, and also stimulation of electoral behavior mass media are.

Концепт «финно-угорского мира»: центробежные тренды и влияние на внутреннюю и внешнюю политику Российской Федерации

In the article the stages of institutionalization of the key united organizations of the Finno-Ugric world are examined. The impact on the process of identification of the peoples living on the territory of the national republics of the Volga region, Karelia and others from the countries of Western Europe is shown. The viability of the concept "Finno-Ugric world" in modern Russian Federation is revealed . The use of "soft power" in the development of the concept "Finno-Ugric world" is presented.

Rosja w poszukiwaniu modelu reżimu politycznego – „poliarchia zachodnia” czy „azjatycka demokracja”

One of the fields of interest of modern political science involves the process of transformation of political systems, understood as the transition from nondemocratic to democratic systems. One of the countries undergoing such a political transformation is the Russian Federation, which in the nineteen-nineties faced the need to reject the model of the socio-political system of the Soviet Union, and to adjust to the emerging global civilization dominated by the models originating in West European countries. The paper emphasizes that, on account of the difficulties related to the process of political transformation, at the beginning of the new millennium West European models began to be supplanted by the models of Asian countries enjoying impressive economic growth while maintaining paternalist and authoritarian mechanisms of power. The author of the paper stresses that the political system of the modern Russian Federation is a particular mix of European and Asian models. Its functioning does not resemble the political regimes of polyarchy as much as those described as ‘Asian democracies’. The author indicates that given the present developmental stage of the Russian Federation, this models appears to be more practical and adequate in the political and cultural reality of modern Russia.

Russia at War: Chechnya, Georgia, and Theories of Foreign Policy

This paper considers the recent Russian conflicts in Chechnya and Georgia under the umbrella of four theories of Russian foreign policy. The historical continuity theory sees Imperial Russia, the Soviet Union, and the modern Russian Federation as primordially aggressive and imperialist, and interprets recent aggressive moves in that light. The imposed insecurity theory holds that Russian stability depends on the instability of its neighbors in its perceived sphere of influence. The diversionary tensions theory sees foreign conflict as a means of solidifying domestic opinion behind the government's policy and against the corrosive influences of the West. The economic enabling theory sees economic prosperity as a prerequisite to a restoration of Russian prominence on the world stage. This paper considers the recent conflict between Russia and Georgia over the regions of South Ossetia and Abkhazia as well as two-decade-long conflict in the Chechnya region. In studying a domestic conflict (Chechnya) as well as the more recent international incident, the paper shows the overlap between Russian foreign and domestic policy, finding distinctive policy patterns in post-Soviet Russian policy on both levels.

Russia at War: Theories of Foreign Policy in Light of Chechnya and Georgia

This paper considers the recent Russian conflicts in Chechnya and Georgia under the umbrella of four theories of Russian foreign policy. The historical continuity theory sees Imperial Russia, the Soviet Union, and the modern Russian Federation as primordially aggressive and imperialist, and interprets recent aggressive moves in that light. The imposed insecurity theory holds that Russian stability depends on the instability of its neighbors in its perceived sphere of influence. The diversionary tensions theory sees foreign conflict as a means of solidifying domestic opinion behind the government's policy and against the corrosive influences of the West. The economic enabling theory sees economic prosperity as a prerequisite to a restoration of Russian prominence on the world stage. This paper considers the recent conflict between Russia and Georgia over the regions of South Ossetia and Abkhazia as well as two-decade-long conflict in the Chechnya region. In studying a domestic conflict (Chechnya) as well as the more recent international incident, the paper shows the overlap between Russian foreign and domestic policy, finding distinctive policy patterns in post-Soviet Russian policy on both levels.