Constitutional and Legal Foundations of Interaction Between the State and Civil Society in Ensuring the Protection of State Sovereignty and Territorial Integrity of the Russian Federation
Authors:   Russian State University of Justice, Moscow, Russian Federation, Pisarev Alexander N. 
Published: November 2024

Introduction. The relevance of the study is caused by three main factors. First, there is the need for further in-depth scientific and legal analysis of the amendments 2020 to the Constitution, which contain a number of fundamentally new provisions for domestic constitutional legislation that consolidate the legal foundations for ensuring the protection of state sovereignty and territorial integrity of the Russian Federation. Secondly, the undoubted interest of the Russian state in modern conditions in the development of civil society in Russia as a whole, and in particular its individual institutions that have a direct impact on the activities of the state in this area, as well as the understanding that in modern conditions only with the support and active participation of civil society in the policy implemented by the state In the field of protection of state sovereignty, it is possible to achieve the set goals and objectives. Thirdly, the difficult geopolitical situation that the Russian Federation has been in for the past ten years, striving to preserve state sovereignty and prove its belonging to one of the leading countries of the world under unprecedented pressure from the collective West. Theoretical Basis. Methods. The theoretical basis of this study is made up of scientific works of scientists in the field of the theory of state and law, constitutional law, administrative law. The work uses general scientific methods (system analysis, dialectical, formal-logical) and special research methods (system-legal, comparative-legal, historical-legal, formal-legal). Results. Firstly, based on the supremacy of national sovereignty over state sovereignty, the need to strengthen the latter through the development of institutions (elements) of civil society, which carry out certain types of relevant public (socially useful) activities provided for in legislation in this area, is justified. Secondly, the requirements imposed on the institutions of civil society, called upon, especially during the period of a special military operation, to carry out activities aimed at strengthening the state sovereignty of the Russian Federation, are highlighted. Thirdly, a scientifically based conclusion has been made that the term “civil society” to a greater extent than the legal category “people” emphasizes the presence of common interests among citizens of the Russian Federation, awareness of their constitutional rights and freedoms and opportunities and desire to carry out, especially during the period of a special military operation, public (socially useful) activities, including those aimed at ensuring state sovereignty. Discussion and Conclusion. In the context of further increasing threats to the state sovereignty and territorial integrity of the Russian Federation, there is a need to consolidate civil society in the current legislation as a source of democracy and the basis of the constitutional system, its formation as a public law institution designed to be the natural support of the state, to perform appropriate functions in the field of patriotic, including military-patriotic education of citizens of the Russian Federation Federations, as well as stabilizing functions that allow consolidating the interests of the state and society, using its full potential to protect national interests.