Scientific Journal “Issues of National and Federative Relations”. Issue 2 (17). 2012/
CONTENTS
NATIONAL POLITICS, NATIONAL RELATIONS
FEDERALISM, FEDERATIVE DEVELOPMENT
STRENGTHENING OF THE RUSSIAN STATEHOOD
ESSAYS ON CONTEMPORARY RUSSIA’S POLITICAL HISTORY
NATIONAL POLITICS, NATIONAL RELATIONS
K.V. KALININA D.Sc. (law) Professor at the National and Federative Relations Department of the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration
TIME DETERMINES THE SPECIFICS OF NATIONAL ISSUE
The national issue has specific historical context. For contemporary Russia, the determination of the national issue and orientation of the government’s policy are crucial. There is a need to upgrade public administration in order to stabilize national and federative relations – the social and political basis of strengthening the Russian statehood, ensuring national security.
Key words: national issue, national policy, Russian Federation, entities of the Russian Federation, republics, ethnicity, Russian people, personnel.
R.M. KANAPIYANOVA D.Sc. (political science), Professor, head of the staff of the State Duma Committee on Nationality Affairs (2000-2009)
CONTEMPORARY ASCENTS OF NATIONAL POLICY
The given article exposes the state of affairs in the national policy of the Russian Federation. The author suggests measures to improve national policy.
Key words: national policy pursued by the government, federalism, citizenship, Russian people, Commissioner for Human Rights of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation.
G.A. DONIROVA Ph.D. (philosophy)
REGIONAL SPECIFICS OF INTERETHNIC RELATIONS IN THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION (by the example of the Republic of Buryatia)
The article is dedicated to the analysis of the development of the Buryat people within the Russian state, and mutual influence and mutual enrichment of cultures. On the contemporary state, a growth in national self-consciousness of Buryat people can be seen, and this is being taken into account in national policy pursued by the ruling bodies of Buryatia.
Key words: Republic of Buryatia, national relations, national self consciousness, national policy, national languages, national community.
I.E. KRUGOVYKH Ph.D. (history), Assistant Professor at the National and Federative Relations Department of the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration
RUSSIANS IN RUSSIA (NATIONAL AND LEGAL ASPECT)
The article is dedicated to problems and prospects of the “Russian issue” and national and legal status of Russian people.
Key words: Russian people, statehood, national and legal status, compatriots, national policy pursued by the government, interethnic relations.
L.F. BOLTENKOVA D.Sc. (law), Professor at the National and Federative Relations Department of the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration
V.I. YANUSKIN student of 6th course (Postgraduate education) of the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration
RUSSIAN LANGUAGE AS AN INTEGRATING FACTOR OF THE RUSSIAN CIVILIZATION SPACE
In the paper the thesis, that the Russian language has become a powerful tool for formation of the Russian civilization space, is being proved by means of analysis and factual statement of historical reality, life and activities examples of statesmen, missionaries, the intellectuals.
Key words: Russian language, Russian civilization, Russian tsars, Russian emperors, Russian nation, Missionaries, Orthodoxy, Equal rights of the peoples.
O.V. FOMINA Ph.D. (history), Assistant Professor at the National and Federative Relations Department of the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration
TENDENCIES IN ETHNIC COMPOSITION CHANGE IN RUSSIA (according to a census)
Article reveals trends in ethnic composition change in the multinational state of Russia after its origin. Special attention has been paid to factors that changed the ethnic composition in Soviet and post-Soviet periods.
Key words: ethnicities in Russia, census, multinational state, ethnic composition, Russians, the North Caucasus, territory, population, numerical strength.
V.V. SAVELEV D.Sc. (philosophy), Professor at the National and Federative Relations Department of the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration
CONCEPTUAL BASIS FOR FORMATION OF PATRIOTISM IN RUSSIAN FEDERATION
In the article, the author examines issues related to stirring patriotic feelings in Russian people. He analyses the vulnerability and shortcomings of Soviet patriotism. He reveals the essence of basic factors of patriotism.
Key words: patriotism, government, citizen, morality, identity, ethnicity.
Yu.S. BOICHENKO post-graduate student at the National and Federative Relations Department of the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration
URGENT ISSUES IN THE STRATEGY OF SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF NORTH CAUCASUS FEDERAL DISTRICT
In the article, the author analyses the basic aspects of the strategy of social and economic development of the North Caucasus Federal District. He singles out and examines trends in the economic development of the entities of the North Caucasus Federal District to upgrade their competitiveness and improve living standards.
Key words: Development strategy, North Caucasus Federal District, regional differentiation.
FEDERALISM, FEDERATIVE DEVELOPMENT
V.A. MIKHAYLOV D. Sc (History), Chief of the National and Federative Department of the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration
N.V. MIKHAYLOVA PhD (political science), the senior lecturer of the Department of political sciences of the Russian Peoples` Friendship University
FORMATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE AUTONOMY IN THE SOVIET RUSSIA AND ITS FORMS
The article considers the problem of Autonomy formation in Russia, its forms and the role of Autonomy in the solution of ethnic issue in Soviet Russia.
Key words: autonomism, sovereignty, federation, self-government, decentralization, competence, self-determination.
Ye.V. EREMIN Ph.D., (political science), head of the department for integrated social and economic development of regions of the Department of Public Administration, Regional Development and Local Self-administration of the Government of the Russian Federation
SOME ASPECTS OF CONTEMPORARY REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT IN THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION
The article analyses regional development related to social and economic areas. It examines the role of Federal Districts, executive bodies in the implementation of these tasks.
Key words: region, entities of the federation, Federal Districts, employment, politics.
L.F. BOLTENKOVA D.Sc. (law), Professor at the National and Federative Relations Department of the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration
I.A. VOROSHILIN postgraduate student at the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration
PRINCIPLE OF FEDERALISM IN THE INSTITUTION OF ENSURING OF THE RIGHT TO SECRECY
In the paper, on the basis of analysis of the Constitution of the Russian Federation and federal law, the thesis is being proved that principle of federalism is implemented in such a social institution as a right to secrecy.
Key words: The Constitution of the Russian Federation, Principle of federalism, Separation of powers, Secrecy, The right to secrecy, Democratic freedoms, Restrictions, Regulation, Protection, Law.
STRENGTHENING OF THE RUSSIAN STATEHOOD
V.I. VLASOV D.Sc. (law), Professor at the National and Federative Relations Department of the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration
SOCIETY – JUSTICE – STATE – SOCIAL PRESSURE – EXTREMISM – TERRORISM PART I
In the paper author, by an in-depth analysis and a political comprehension of historical process beginning from the formation of a society and its further development through logical stages, retraces a dialectical interdependence of phenomena: society, justice, state, social pressure, extremism, terrorism.
Key words: Society, Justice, State, Social pressure, Extremism, Terrorism, Human, Citizen, Unity, Rights, Freedoms, Interests.
G.G. GASANOV Ph.D. (political science)
EXTREMISM AMONG YOUNG PEOPLE: BASIC REASONS AND PROBLEMS OF CONTRADICTIONS
The authour uncovers the main reasons and conditions of the youths extremal orientires formation, marks counter of the problems on the way of wrestling with this negative factor of social life.
Key words: youth, youth society, factors and reasons, wrestling, unpatience, extremism, terror.
M.A. FONAREOV fellow at the Department handling problems of national, federative and international relations of the Centre for Political and Legal Studies of the Eurasian Scientific Research Institute for Legal Issues
SOME SPECIFICS OF TRANSFORMATIONS OF FORMER SOVIET REPUBLICS
In the past 10 years, a wave of “colour revolutions” has spread across the former Soviet Union and the Soviet block. Some countries could withstand but some others failed. What is the origin of these revolutions? What are the reasons that led to these uprisings? The article answers these and other questions. The basic reasons for these revolutions are hidden in the governments themselves, and internal contradictions, and conflict situations in the society. The best way to prevent them is to make well-thought and balanced political decisions on ruling the country.
Key words: the Soviet Union, “colour revolution”, “orange revolution”, “velvet revolution”, integration, disintegration, CIS, crisis, youth movement, opposition, meeting.
V.V. UKHANKIN Ph. D. (law), Kaliningrad Law Institute of Russia’s Interior Ministry
CROSS-BORDER COOPERATION AS A MECHANISM OF THE INTEGRATION OF STATES (POSING THE ISSUE)
The author substantiates the need for scientific understanding of the issues of cross-border cooperation in the context of the thesis V. Putin on Russia's role as a leading center «of attraction throughout Eurasia».
Key words: Russia, Center of attraction, cross-border cooperation, Eurasia.
T.R. MUKHAMETIYANOV post-graduate student at the National and Federative Relations Department of the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration
REGIONAL ASPECTS OF THE TRANSCONTINENTAL TRANSPORT COOPERATION BETWEEN EUROPE AND ASIA STATES
The article focuses on regional aspects of the transcontinental transport cooperation between Europe and Asia states in the context of the key role that plays Russian Federation in the framework of trade delivery of the foreign goods between these two actively developing world regions. The author briefly analyzes the main directions of the Russian transport and logistics sector development and makes suggestions for its further modernization and integration into the international transport services market.
Key words: international cooperation, Euro-Asian transport links, transport strategy, transit, transit potential, international transport, international transport corridors, the export of transportation services.
I.V. CHERNYSHOVA post-graduate student at the National and Federative Relations Department of the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration
ON THE QUESTION CONCERNING THE CONCEPT OF “ARBITRATION INSTITUTION”
The article presses away the provisions of the Constitution of the Russian Federation, and on the basis of the analysis of laws and scientific literature, it gives a definition to the concept of “arbitration institution” and outlines its significance for federalism.
Key words: institution, arbitration, system, Institution of federalism, institution of arbitration.