New Directions and Channels of State-Civil Interaction in Russia During the Special Military Operation

Abstract

This article examines the problem of transformation of the state-civil dialogue in conditions of political instability. The purpose of the study is to analyze the process of development of civil society in the Russian Federation in the period after the start of the Special Military Operation in 2022. The potential of public associations as a partner of state power in an armed conflict is being investigated. The methods of interdisciplinary theoretical analysis, including historical, comparative, structural and functional methods, were used. The article formulates the author’s thesis on the need to adjust traditional scientific approaches to the content and priorities of interaction between government and public associations in modern Russia. The phenomenon of “civil mobilization” of the Russian society is defined as the main factor of the state-civil dialogue. The reason for the patriotic upsurge after the start of the SVO is called the understanding by the mass consciousness of the need for the participation of the “third sector” in the protection of the national and state interests of the Russian Federation. The idea of the emergence of new directions of state-civil interaction is substantiated. Such areas include the formation of the national defense industry sector, information and psychological warfare, humanitarian support and participation in the social rehabilitation of participants in the SOV and residents of regions affected by military operations. Conclusions are drawn about the possibility of overcoming the traditional problems of the development of the “third sector” in the context of involving public associations in solving the tasks of national security policy.