Law and Politics - rubric Public communications

Abstract: The idea of civil societies is very popular these days. However, in spite of the fact that it is rooted in the antique times, the science fails to develop many elements of this idea, including the characteristic features, which allow to establish whether there is civil society in a particular state. This article is devoted to the horizontal relation network as a key element of civil society, as well as the mechanism of its functioning. Also, the author shall establish a number of rights, which facilitate its formation and development

Keywords: jurisprudence, civil, networks, rights, equality, individual, unity, competition, discussion, values

Abstract: This article is devoted to the topical issues of legal regulation of local referenda in the Russian Federation. It key to establish detailed regulation of local referenda both in the federal normative acts of the Russian Federation and the municipal acts. The article includes analysis of key norms of legislation, which establish the basis for local referenda in the municipal entities in the territory of the Russian Federation. Much attention is paid to analysis and evaluation of key problems, which are due to lack of clarity and detail of regulation of this institution, which still is an inalienable part of a democratic state. Keywords: jurisprudence, referendum, local, municipal government, law, the law, decision, territory, initiative, issue

Abstract: The article is devoted to the problems of conceptual character of language in the political sphere. The author provides the results of an empiric study on use of linguistic apparatus in political speeches for the purpose of influence on cognitive and emotional activities of a mind. The author points out the determination of political language by the social factors (use of evaluative language), studies particular forms and tactics of verbal influence of a politician, as well as the reaction of the audience. Keywords: political science, symbol, text, referent, speech, tactfulness, nominalization, metaphor, coding, rhetoric

Abstract: This article includes the analysis of problem of efficiency of political communications within the system of federal executive bodies. The current traditional principles of outer communication activities of state bodies fail to meet growing requirements of the consumers of political information, which, in turn, leads to a number of risks, which are analyzed in this article. Keywords: political science, process, system, efficiency, power, society, consumer, competence, interaction

Abstract: This article by G.G. Dilbaryan includes brief analysis of history of authors’ rights (copyright), the author analyzes legal aspects of collective management of authors’ rights, and the topical issues in this sphere. As the author points out, the collective management of author’s rights is the only possible way for many authors to protect their rights. Keywords: jurisprudence, rights, organization, management, society, activity, agreement, foundation, protection, control

Abstract: The article includes analysis of the problems of legal regulation of the activities of the mass media within the framework of the development of mass media in a civil society and a jural state. The article includes analysis of the issues of information protection, and protection of state and society from negative information influence. Keywords: jurisprudence, information, jural state, civil society, information protection procedures, Internet, licensing of the mass media, information security, mass media, information society

Abstract: The article is devoted to theory and practice of modern Russian right-wing radical movement, based on analysis of key political organizations of the modern Russia. The author views specific features of its unlawful practices, and tendencies of activities of the radical national groups, as well as some new tendencies of the millennium. The author pays much attention to evolution of ideology and structural changes within the Russian national parties in early XXI century. He also studies the attempts of consolidation by the radical right-wing movements and their attempts to participate in election processes in Russia. Keywords: Russian nationalism, right-wing nationalism, xenophobia, skinheads, national — patriotism, Russian fascism, extremism, propaganda

Abstract: Russian legislation provides for various forms of participation of people in local self government, which serve as a basis and a link between the municipality and the people, develops the initiatives of the people. One of the forms of direct self-government is public hearings, this article centers itself on this issue. Keywords: public hearings, public self-government, participation of people in government, Russian legislation

Abstract: The article is devoted to the analysis of key principles of the traditional political culture, the reasons for its stability and role in the political processes in the modern Russia. The traditional political culture is based on the existing political traiditons, which predefine the character of political processe, goals and means, results, political conscience and self-conscience, etc. Now, in the XXI century, the mechanism of traditional political culture staggers the modernization in the country. This is a specific problem of the Russian people, which needs special attention of legal scholars. Keywords: central zone of the political culture, channels of communication, political traditions, political establishment, political identity, types of political reaction, political participation, state-centric tradition, messiahism, socially-oriented state

Abstract: Finding out the place and role of the military servants of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation within the political life of the modern Russian state, the specific features of their political activity is of great interest for both legal scholars and legal practitioners, and it is quite a topical problem for social and political analysis. The theoretical and practical need in the studies of political activities of the military servants and the lack of due theoretical scientific basis in this sphere predefine the need for the studies of their modern state.

Abstract: The problem of development of the Russian security calls for addressing the new challenges in all the key spheres, which includes providing due possibilities to the young people in Russia. However the reforms, which took place in Russia, had a negative influence on the conditions of living and attitudes of the young people. The researches show decline in all three key indicators: health, moral and spiritual values and professional abilities. What should the new paradigm for the solution of the youth problems be like?

Abstract: The closed administrative and territorial units represent the specific kind of municipal units. The specific features of their status are provided for by the Federal Law “On the Closed Administrative and Territorial Unit». This article is devoted to the heraldry of the closed administrative and territorial units, their specific features, the author provides and analyzes a number of examples.

Abstract: The specific features of modern social youth associations include their dual status: they are at the same time the subjects of the youth policy, and its objects, since they unite the young people and include them into the society, its social and political processes. Since the youth policy is aimed to include the young people into social processes, it presupposes the active position of the young people themselves, their collective participation, development of initiative and self-organization. These goals are being implemented in the activities of the modern youth associations.

Abstract: The globalization processes, which are due to the transition of the society from the industrial means of production to the information means of production, caused considerable changes in the legal regulation of the social relations. In both politics and economics one may see the formation of numerous forms of associations of people. This article is devoted to the topical issues of legal regulation of the social relations in modern Russia.

Abstract: The authors of this article deny the criticism of public communication from the moral standpoint, since the mission of social communications is to support the dynamics of the social relations …

Abstract: The Internet, despite various obstacles, is becoming an integral part of society. Due to the huge capabilities of the global network, questions inevitably arise about the comparability and compatibility of the Internet phenomenon, which is new to us, and such a traditional institution as elections. Is it worth talking about the gradual replacement of the traditional content of elections with "virtual" electoral procedures on the Internet due to the increasing role of the global network in the electoral process?

Abstract: Transnational organized crime threatens the development of any state, and its scale is ever-growing, and the TOC may even attempt to halter the security of the states. This is especially true in regard of the developing states and the transition economy states. This article by V.V. Zvyagintsev is devoted to analysis of nature and elements of TOC.

Abstract: As the author of this article points out, the state of Russian legislation shows a number of gaps in the sphere of protection of election rights, namely lack of criminalization of knowingly spreading false information about candidates during the election campaign. The offers to criminalize the spread of slandering rumors, which touch upon candidate’s dignity, hurt his business reputation, fail to fully solve the problem.

Abstract: As the author of this article points out, the need to study the correlation of legal guarantees and legal stimuli is due to the confusion in this sphere, when two terms are used for one matter. This article is devoted to the review of the correlation of these terms.

Abstract: The myth of leaderism as followed by the terms of "charismatic leader", "psychoeneretism" is now part of the mass conscience thanks to the media channels. The totalitarian propaganda was very effective in this department and made ideological science highly efficient in its means, while it could be totally absurd in its content. This article by L.A. Vasilyeva is devoted to analysis of the processes of mythologizing and demythologizing the political figures by the mass media.

Abstract: Study of development of information society calls for evaluation of the new tendencies, which express themselves in the geopolitical aspect in its relation with the regional and territorial aspects. And while the tendencies of development of information political systems of developed states are rather well-studied, the development of similar systems in the developing states is quite an interesting object for the scientific study.

Abstract: As the author of this article points out, the development of information communication technologies and their spread in the society, formation of the totally new basis for communications, the spread of information among the great number of people allow one to speak of information society. These processes herald the changes in the existing system of power and political institutions. What is the role of information technologies in the mechanisms of government?

Abstract: The structures of civil society represent the interests of the wide variety of social groups and communities. They attract attention to the obvious and hidden problems, allowing to form the system of communication between the state and the society. The formal institutions of this type at the federal level were created after the Civil Forum of 201, the formation of the Social Chamber of the Russian Federation in 2004, reform of the Civil Rights Commission into the Council under the auspices of the President of the Russian Federation in 2005. This article is devoted to the study of such institutions and their role.

Abstract: Political sphere has always influenced the social sphere. The modern political science needs to address the subjectivity, the active element in social and political actions, which is quite topical, since ethnical and religious tensions and conflicts influence the political and social situation throughout the country, while it is unlikely that the situation shall peacefully return to the starting point.

Abstract: As the author of this article pointed out, the negative matters in elections call for attention are are capable of seriously deforming the system of people’s government. The analysis of manipulation technologies is needed in order to efficiently fight such destructive matters in the election process.

Abstract: Analytical centers are influential political actors of the modern democratic political process, together with such institutions as the civil society and NGOs, the trade unions, etc. However the real status of such structures in Russia and in the West differs. This article is devoted to the influence of the political environment on the formation of the non-state political actors in politics, taking analytical centers as an example.

Abstract: This article is devoted to the issue of codification as the most acceptable form of bringing legislation of the Russian Federation on election into system, if taken from the point of view of unifying the position of formation of legal norms and their application.

Keywords: jurisprudence, systematization, codification, elections, consolidation, incorporation, competence, law-making, application of law, election

Abstract: The article is devoted to the studies of the political and legal bases of functioning of the institution of elections in Russia. The author analyzes the conditions for the participation of electors in elections, the fortune of parliamentarism in Russia from early XX century to the current time.

Keywords: political science, elections, Council, parliamentarism, Constitution, election system, transformation, elections law, citizen, reunion

Abstract: The article includes analysis of the nature of power of state and social organizations as a specific type of social organizations, their specific nature and character. The author criticizes the existing opinion on similarity between the power of social formations and corporate power. The analysis of power of such formations is made based on the example of the Social Chamber of the Russian Federation, as the most prominent organizations of such type at the moment. The author also provides brief analysis of politics of the modern state power in the Russian Federation on formation of the full-fledged civil society.

Keywords: jurisprudence, public power, social and state formations, corporate powers, state and social bodies, legal status of the Social Chamber, social control, right, power

Abstract: The article includes the image of youth in the newest historical period in Russia. The author calls for the broader interpretation of the term “youth”.

Keywords: political science, youth, politics, sub-cultures, juvenal science, social activity, identity crisis, conflict of generations, adaptation of the youth, values

Abstract: Since the Federal Law “On Political Parties” provides a necessary criterion for a political party to have 45 000 members and no less than 450 members in each of at least the half of the constituent subjects of the Russian Federation, the author discusses the issue of whether the number of members of the party indicates its social support. The author notes, that the requirements are based by political and not legal arguments, and shows, that provided the proportional election system with “closed” party lists, the political parties, which unite a variety of people and have comparative large number of members fail to represent the will and interests of their electorate. Taking the State Duma elections of 2007 as an example, the author shows that quantity of the parties and their regional divisions have little to do with the support of these parties in the elections.

Keywords: jurisprudence, parties, elections, registration, representation, regions, number, elections, lists, signatures

Abstract: The article is devoted to values and meanings, as expressed in the Russian Constitutions of the XX century. Reconstruction of these meanings is expressed within the framework of constitutional rhetoric, which allow to see the path of conceptualization of the most important categories of systems within various branches of law, and to relate them to the development of cultural and cognitive constructions of the past century.

Keywords: jurisprudence, Constitution, law, individual, state, rhetoric, values, vitality, legal sense, ontology

Abstract: This article is devoted to the constitutional right to access the information of the courts, as well as bodies of state power and municipal self-government in the Internet, taking into account the newly passed Federal Laws on access to offi cial information. The term of “right to access information” is compared with the term “information of public domain”, as accepted by the UNESCO. The author shows the relation between the constitutional right to access information in the Internet and the right to freedom of speech, as well as with some other constitutional rights and freedoms.

Keywords: jurisprudence, access to information, UNESCO, Internet, offi cial website, bodies of state power, municipal self-government, justice, openness, power, freedom of speech.

Abstract: The article is devoted to the analysis of information and some of its kinds, based on which the author establishes the position that the information is an independent object of civil rights and it keeps its spot within the system of civil law relations, in spite of the fact of its exclusion from a closed list under Art. 128 of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation.

Keywords: information, data, insider, confi dential, generally accessible, intellectual, non-material, benefi t

Abstract: The article includes the analysis of the role of mass media during the pre-election lobbying when applied to the modern political system, the author shows the technologies of mass media lobbying, as well as results of lobbying.

Keywords: political science, technologies, lobbying, preelection, lobbyism, mass media, electorate, civil, society, state.

Abstract: Due to development of the information and communications technologies the blogs became an active element of communication between the government and the people, as well as among the public offi cials, having created unique possibilities for the development of democracy and for the formation of the civil society.

Keywords: political science, Internet, political discourse, civil society, blog, democracy, communication, government – people, blogosphere, communicative territory

Abstract: This article regards Internet as a resource of political power. It shows international experience of activities of electronic governments, evaluation of its development in Russian. The author then analyzes the existing means of communication of government and society via Internet.

Keywords: Politologiya, kommunikatsiya, soobshchestvo, Internet, Gosbuk, gosuslugi, e-Government, e- Participation, prefektura, sait

DOI: 10.7256/2454-0706.2019.3.28996

Abstract: The subject of this research is the manifestations of digital inequality, neglect of which can lead to distortion of feedback between the state and society in the process of rapid digitalization of various mechanism of their interaction. Particularly, the structure of offline and online society in Russia, as in the rest of the world, differs by many parameters. It is demonstrated that even though the phenomenon of digital inequality is well known and actively researched throughout the world, de facto its impact is not considered in government projects aimed at stimulating political participation on the basis of platform relations. For the first time, the author raises the question on the need for better study of the phenomenon of digital inequality in Russia in the context of the impact of its effects upon the quality of establishment of e-democracy and mechanisms of feedback between the government and society. Neglecting this factor in the conditions of rapid digitalization of public policy increases the risks of discrimination of interests of various social groups, development of digital ochlocracy, as well as other negative phenomena.

Keywords: Social statistics, Society, Digital literacy, Digital democracy, Internet democracy, Digital divide, Digital society, Internet users, Russia, Moscow

DOI: 10.7256/2454-0706.2020.11.34598

Abstract: Protest mobilization is a complex multidimensional process, the implementation of which depends on a number of factors, both objective and subjective. Regular practices of large-scale demonstrations directed against the activities of state structures in various regions of the world, as well as an unprecedented decrease in the level of violence in the world, actualize issues related to the grounds of protest activity, as well as tools that characterize protest mobilization. In this regard, the subject of the study are the tools of protest political mobilization, and the purpose of the study, in turn, is to determine the boundaries of the use of violence and nonviolence as tools of protest mobilization. В В Based on the principles of the theory of "adversarial politics" by C. Tilly to the analysis of violence and nonviolence in political activity, as well as using the analysis of current data on the practices of protest activity, the authors made a number of conclusions: 1) both violent and nonviolent instruments are rooted in the basis of protest activity, which are mixed within the framework of mass actions in various proportions; 2) violence is an integral part of mass protests, but the magnitude and intensity of violence is determined by the level of political dissatisfaction with the subjects of collective activity and the scale of the available resource base; 3) according to statistics, nonviolent forms of collective protest actions are more successful in realizing the stated goals of the subjects of mobilization.

Keywords: mass politics, protest performances, nonviolence, violence, political struggle, political protest, mobilization, protest, power, political conflict

DOI: 10.7256/2454-0706.2023.4.39997

Abstract: The subject of the study is the activity of law enforcement agencies in the fight against cybercrime. The object of the study is the social relations that arise in the field of education during the implementation of the program to combat cybercrime in Russia. The author examines the issues of crimes committed with the help of information technologies or in cyberspace, as well as the organization of counteraction to their commission, activities aimed at protecting the health of citizens, ensuring state and public security. Studies the process of using modern methods in the identification and disclosure of crimes committed using information and telecommunication technologies. Special attention is paid to the strategy of digital transformation of education of schoolchildren and students: according to which students will be able to master the knowledge necessary to protect themselves and their data when working with technical means of communication. The novelty lies in the fact that the way being worked out to solve the problem of growing crime in the information environment and crime using modern technologies directly affects the modern educational processes of schoolchildren and students, who in the future should become a bulwark of protecting the population from cybercrime. The main conclusion of the study is that such an improvement in education will increase the general digital literacy of the population, the level of public confidence in the state, and in particular in law enforcement agencies. It will provide a fast, comprehensive search for malicious sites, in view of which their number, as well as the negative effect of such, will decrease, which will lead to a decrease in cybercrime in Russia.

Keywords: Internet, international relationships, site authentication, schooling, digital transformation of education, national security, cyber crimes, cybersecurity, prophylaxis, training

DOI: 10.7256/2454-0706.2020.1.32011

Abstract: The subject of this research is the activity of Moscow Law Society (1865-1899). Its work is demonstrated in legal and political aspect of the development of public self-organization in Russia in the late XIX century. Emphasis is made on the aspects of activity of the organization pertinent to sociopolitical problematic, development of legal culture, ideas and practices of legal state, as well as contribution of members of the society to the development of liberal movement. The author also analyzes publishing activity of the society, and collaboration with the county self-governance. It is demonstrated that over the time of its existence, Moscow Law Society walked the path from a coterie in the university, which main goal was the discussion of questions of judicial reform and law, to the social significant organization that turned into a political association. The testimony to that is the particular results achieved by the society, as well as the actions of authorities with regards to its closure.

Keywords: Civil Society, Muromtsev, Political Culture, Legal Bulletin, Legal Culture, liberalism, self-organization, Moscow Law Society, legal State, Moscow University

DOI: 10.7256/2454-0706.2017.11.24801

Abstract: The object of this research is the institution of self-regulatory organizations in modern Russia as an instrument of managing political risks in the process of delegation of authority by the government; while the subject is the blockchain technology and the possibilities of its implementation in the process of functioning of the various institutions of modern society, particularly within the framework of operation of self-regulatory organizations. The author meticulously examines in which aspects in functioning of the self-regulatory organizations the blockchain technologies can increase their efficiency as an instrument of managing political risks in delegating authority by the government. A conclusion is made that application of the blockchain technology in terms of operation of the self-regulatory organizations can raise confidence of the citizens in the self-regulatory institution, as well as offset the political risks in delegation of authority to the self-regulatory organizations by the government. Thus, it is proven the efficiency of operation of the self-regulatory organizations as in instrument of managing political risks in delegation of authority significantly increases.

Keywords: risk, social institutions, delegation of authority, state authorities, blockchain, self-regulatory organizations, self-regulation, political risks, digitalization of economy, state policy

DOI: 10.7256/2454-0706.2017.1.13199

Abstract: This article examines the use of the term “petition” in international contracts, national legal acts, court decisions, as well as foreign legislation. The acts of the constituents of the Russian Federation alongside the bodies of local self-governance meticulously analyze the use of this term. Taking into account that the use of the term “petition” has not entrenched in the Russian jurisprudence, this work studies the two main approached towards its definition: as a variety of collective appeal regarding the important questions of social life, as well as external form of national law-making initiative. The conducted analysis allowed establishing that in the federal level acts the term “petition” is mentioned only in the Federal Law “On Environmental Protection”, but has no concrete definition. Reference to petitions can come across in the acts of constituents of the Russian Federation, and most often in the acts of local self-governance. The author concludes that in both, Russian and foreign jurisprudence, the word “petition” is traditionally considered as synonym to the word “appeal”. However, depending on the context of legal act or scientific approach, petitions are either equalized with addresses of the citizens, or considered exceptionally as their variety. We should specify that in the Russian constitutional law the term “petition” is primarily used in meaning of the collective address of citizens, including the special (enhanced) form of the collective address. The conducted analysis allowed substantiating the impracticality of use of the term “petition” in Russian legislation.

Keywords: Political law, Citizen, Complaint, Claim, Address of citizens, Expression of will, Collective address , Right to address, Appeal, Petition

DOI: 10.7256/2454-0706.2018.12.28488

Abstract: In the current conditions of development of the market economy and democratization of government institutions there is a growing interest of political science regarding problems of cooperation between business and state. The author examines the methods and strategies used by the business actors in structuring relationship with the government authorities. The fusion of formal and informal methods in GR activity of business structures is of special interest for the modern political science due to its particular relevance for the countries with developing economy, when the communication between business and government is not regulated by legal norms. This article analyzes the application of formal and informal methods of GR based on the Lockheed Martin case study, which allows determining the correlation between the economic success of the corporation and the ability to efficiently combine formal and informal GR strategies. The scientific novelty of this work consists in describing the peculiarities of application of formal and informal GR methods in the activity of business actors. The author demonstrated the approaches towards understanding GR as a form of activity aimed at establishment of stable relations with the government authorities. Particular attention is given to examination of the informal aspects of GR, as there is no generally accepted view in the political science.

Keywords: neoinstitutionalism, informal relations, emerging economy, Russia, USA, lobbying, Government Relations, corporation, stakeholder, clientelism

Abstract: As the author of the article points out based on the results of the study of the Russian law, protection of easement in the Russian civil law is based upon Article 301 of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation, which provides for vindication as means to protect the easement.

Abstract: Today one is forced to state that there are no such things as clear and precise international obligations of the state in the sphere of elections. What we have is a number of declarative statements, which are transformed variously in the national legislation. The article by I.B. Borisov is devoted to the topical problems related to this issue.

Abstract: One of the goals of the modern education system in Russia is bringing it into a united system, which would meet the goals of the social development. On of the related complications is that the normative acts, regulating education, are various and they were passed at different times with different social and legal goals in mind. That is why the issue of codifying this sphere becomes so topical…

DOI: 10.7256/2454-0706.2017.1.17257

Abstract: The subject of this research is the legal relations established in the process of realization of the social life regulatory norms. The object of this research is the rights and freedoms of a human and a citizen, which come under the influence of public control. Over a year ago, the special law regulating public control in the Russian Federation was passed in Russia for the first time. The law established the notion, subjects and forms of public control, as well as signified the possible responsibility for violations in this sphere. The author analyzes the established practice. Special attention is given to the questions of law enforcement in part of development of the regional legislation on public control, as well as information awareness about the results of public control. The main conclusion of the conducted research lies in the list of normative legal acts that require adopting amendments, imperfections in the acting legal system, as well as successful results associated with application of norms of the passed law. The main contribution into the scientific and practical activity consists in the generalized practical experience of the federal and regional importance. The scientific novelty consists in the fact that the author is a direct participant of law enforcement, who is the first to suggest the results of monitoring of the law enforcement of a specific normative legal acts, as well as direction in development of the public control.

Keywords: State, Politics, Law, Human rights, Monitoring, Law enforcement, Public control, Law, Society, Constitution

DOI: 10.7256/2454-0706.2019.11.31293

Abstract: The object of this research is the Russian society and modern society in a broad universal sense. The subject of this research is the communication technologies. The goal lies in the analysis and forecast in the short and medium term of social development. In the context of studying political communication, the author analyzes the transitional period in Russia in the last quarter of the XX century from the perspective of transformation of social contracts between the government and society. This research traces the evolution of society using the propaganda tools. The author determines the transformation stated of social contracts in the Soviet Union/Russian Federation, formulates its definitions at each stage of the indicated period, as well as introduces the new approach towards examination of generally known facts and events for the considered period. Such approach opens a new perspective on the ongoing processes of globalization. The acquired results, extrapolated to modern trends of globalization process, allow concluding on further development of the theories and practices used in the indicated period for the establishment of global social contract.

Keywords: propaganda, psychological wars, social contract, neoliberalism, globalisation, propaganda-economics model, global social contract, soft power, publicity, 1990s

Abstract: The constitutional law actively uses the terms “the people”, “the civil society” the “society” … there are very important subjects of constitutional legal relations. However, these terms are hard to define, if one aims to single out the groups forming such collective subjects… As a result of this confusion, the state prohibits citizens and groups of citizens to use their rights and fulfill their obligations, while referring to the very same terms…

Abstract: As the author of this article points out the need for the state control over the activities of the Consumer credit cooperatives of citizens is due to need to guarantee social protection to the participants of the relations in question, since the practice shows that the CCCC are not able to provide for it on their own…

Abstract: For a long time by now there have been prophesies of the death of the national identities due to globalization. However, the current tendencies seem quite the opposite. The world seems to witness a revival of interest to local identities. What are the causes of it? The author takes the EU as an example.

Abstract: Due to the long-term lack of experience of free choice between various political parties and long-term party building in modern Russia, a significant number of citizens, moreover, the majority did not find their own political party. The effect of this factor is manifested in the unstable sympathy of voters, the transition of supporters of one party to supporters of another, the rapid change of public sentiment. The same situation of searching for representatives of "their" interest creates the ground for the emergence of more and more candidates for the votes of voters.

Abstract: One of the most popular services in Internet is electronic mail. This article is devoted to legal regulation of use of electronic mail for unsanctioned mass mail, and for “spam” - unsanctioned commercial advertisement mail in Internet.

Abstract: The author views the forms of political activities of the youth, shows the key points of view of the youth activities, as shown in the modern scientifi c literature on youth policy. The author analyzes the participation of the youth in the social and civil life of Russia.

Keywords: political science, youth, politics, activity, state, participation, citizenship, culture, society, factor.

Abstract: In M.L. Tyurkin’s article is devoted to analysis of basic rules, contradictions and tendencies at the current stage of development of the migration system of the Russian Federation. Author studies the factors, which influence the migration system, such as universal and Russian tendencies in development of the migration system, provides statistical data, studies a number of existing problems, such as forced migration, expanding population, necessity of better organisation of administrative control over migration.

Abstract: As the author of this article notes, speaking of forms of social and political activities of a person, one has to keep in mind that activities of people in various spheres and forms are not by themselves support or opposition to the government. Rather these are means to make the society more democratic and a shield against the state becoming totalitarian.

Abstract: In this article based on a vast variety of theoretical materials the author views civil lobbying via addresses to the state power bodies as a form of participation in the law-making activity. The author then analyzes the Russian experience in this sphere and the US experience, then the author makes a conclusion that the civil lobbying is a constitutional form of participation of people in the law-making in between elections in the absence of the referendum.

Keywords: jurisprudence, lobby, lobbying, citizen, law, draft, legislation, address, state, society.

Abstract: The assessment of the importance of information as an authoritative, managerial resource has led to the fact that it is considered as a particularly significant object of public law, legal regulation of the activities of state authorities and local self-government, relations between citizens and authorities. As the author of this article notes, certain prerequisites for such an assessment of the place of information in the system of objects of legal regulation were given by the legislator himself. The Constitution of the Russian Federation has granted everyone the right to freely seek, receive, transmit, produce and disseminate information in any way …

Abstract: Is it truly possible to regulate Internet? Many lawyers both in Russia and abroad try to find the answer to this question. So far the answer is not yet found, since the very understanding of legal regulation may vary. This article is devoted to review of the problem of Internet regulation within the framework of libertary theory of understanding of law.

Abstract: The problem of separating “informing the electors” and “election campaign” had been the subject of the most heated discussion throughout the elections of the State Duma (4th convocation, 2003) and the Presidential elections of 2004. This article contains analysis of the above-mentioned issue within the framework of the federal election campaign of 2003-2004.

DOI: 10.7256/2454-0706.2016.1.12017

Abstract: The subject of this research is the role and place of modern mass media in the political processes. Such position of a question is associated with the fact that today the reach of mass media in the informational-symbolic political field is bigger than ever, which also manifests in the formation and rapid development of communication environment titled “political media-reality”. The practical manifestation of this consists in the fact that the main source of information on political reality comes from mass media, which shape the political perception of the modern individual. As the result of a conducted comprehensive research, the author clarifies such notions as “media”, “media communication”; highlights the peculiarities, conditions, and capability of modern media to affect the political processes. The author substantiates that the modern media space became a weighty political actor and simultaneously an ideal platform for organizing a political discourse.

DOI: 10.7256/2454-0706.2016.1.52577

Keywords: Information, Mass communication, Media, Media space, Multimedia, Politics, Processes, Modernity, Mass media, Broadcast

Abstract: On March 3, 2007 the President of the Russian Federation signed the Decree N. 269”Om Commissions for Ensuring Compliance With the Requirements to Service of the State Civil Servants of the Russian Federation and the Regulation of Conflicts of Interests”, which also included the Provision for such Commissions. This article is aimed to analyze the nature and importance of these legal acts for practical regulation of the relations within the state service system at the time of administrative reform and state service reform.

Abstract: Current legislation on railways retains many shortcomings. It’s only quite recently that the railway system received a due legal status. Now there is need to clearly set rights and obligations of the industrial railways and the passenger railways organizations, since the gaps in new legislation became obvious very soon…

Abstract: In this article A.A. Zaytseva analyzes the information law, pays special attention to factual and legal grounds of formation of the information law, its structural elements and system. This article also includes critical analysis of evaluation of the information law as a branch of law, which was given by I.L. Bachilo.

Abstract: In Russian legal science the problem of correlation of time and law was usually viewed from the angle of application of legal norms, or legal constrution of terms. The author of this article pays attention to different aspects. What are the “legal time”, “social time” and what is their value?

DOI: 10.7256/2454-0706.2021.9.36442

Abstract: The subject of this research is the online and offline mechanisms of sociopolitical mobilization of youth, namely digital grouping and formation of digital communities, as well as the opposition-mobilization model of information distribution developed by E. V. Brodovskaya and A. Y. Dombrovskaya. This model was tested on the open statistical databases provided by “Telegram Analytics” and “Google Trends”, which revealed the key patterns and differences in the protest events that unfolded in Moscow (July 14 – September 29, 2019), Minsk (August 9 – November 19, 2020), and Hong Kong (June 12, 2019 – July 1, 2020). The novelty of this research lies in the following: 1) application of the model of information distribution developed by E. V. Brodovskaya and A. Y. Dombrovskaya to the data array obtained by the author from the statistical database of “Telegram Analytics” and “Google Trends” regarding the protest events in Moscow, Minsk, and Hong Kong; compilation of weekly charts of the activity of protest Telegram channels and building histograms based on them, with visualization of their peak mentioning in other Telegram channels during the indicated periods. The author formulates recommendations on how to avoid the escalation of conflict during protest actions, taking into account mobilization mechanisms on the basis of Telegram channels.

Keywords: protests in Minsk, protests in Hong Kong, protests in Moscow, civil activism, Brodovskaya-Dombrovskaya information model, Telegram-channel, digital groupism, protest behavior, youth, socio-political mobilization

Abstract: As part of studies on the legal framework for information security in the Information Society, occupies a special place the issue of access to information. In building the Information Society Legal Issues of access to information have practically paramount. It follows from the fundamental international instruments discussed in this article.

Keywords: regulation, security, access, information, security, society, the declaration, government, opinion.

DOI: 10.7256/2454-0706.2015.3.14430

Abstract: The object of this research is the public opinion on the political values within the post-Soviet Baltic states. The subject of the research is public support and specific assessments in the context of the various ethnic groups of the Baltic societies. The author examines the category of "public support for the political system" as a multidimensional phenomenon, which is expressed through three main dimensions: personal political identity of citizens; the level of public support for the dominant political values; citizens' trust in the main political institutions. To analyze the level of public support the author uses a database of opinion polls conducted during the period of 1993-2004 by Center for the Study of Public Policy at the University of Strathclyde (Glasgow). According to the author’s opinion, certain issues can quite objectively give an idea of the nature and dynamics of public support for the political systems of the Baltic states in three dimensions. In addition, they allow to record and investigate the specificity of the political preferences and orientations of the different ethnic groups of the Baltic societies. The theoretical basis of the study is the concept of multidimensionality by D. Easton about public support for the political system. In order to identify the cross-national specificity and study the peculiarities of perception of political systems in the context of ethnic groups, the author uses the comparative method. The main conclusions of the study are the provisions, under which the level and nature of identification in relation to the political community in all three Baltic countries have significant differences among different ethnic groups. The low level of loyalty to the state of residence among the Russian-speaking population suggests that the process of nation-building in these countries is far from over. Analysis of the dynamics of public support for democratic values and the level of sympathy for other political alternatives has shown that democracy has not yet become for the population of the Baltic states unconditional priority target. The study of the dynamics of trust in the main political institutions in the Baltic countries suggests confirmation U-curve hypothesis, according to which the trend of public support reflects the transformation processes. It is concluded that the assessment of the quality of the political regime and the dominant political preferences and values of the population depend not so much on the fundamental historic and culture parameters as the political realities and the nature of the political transformations of modernity.

Keywords: nations, ethnic groups, ideology, political regime, political values, political system, public support, the Baltic countries, the post-Soviet space, democracy

DOI: 10.7256/2454-0706.2015.3.52385

Keywords: nations, ethnic groups, ideology, political regime, political values, political system, public support, the Baltic countries, the post-Soviet space, democracy

DOI: 10.7256/2454-0706.2016.3.16606

Abstract: The subject of this research is the phenomenon of protest public in the context of its effect the establishment of public civic initiatives in Russia. In the modern society, one of the causes for public gathering is protest. It is the correlation between public gathering and protest activity, with emergence of public civic initiatives within it that becomes the object of author’s research. On the example of mass protests in Russia during 2011 and 2012, the author makes an attempt to characterize Russia’s protest public and determine the level of its effect upon the formation of new or support of the old civic initiatives. The methodological base for this work consisted of neo-institutional approach, and systemic analysis of the theoretical sources. Empirical foundation for this research is built on the data from social polling and materials of applied research on the protests of 2011-2012. Emergence of the public allowed realizing the attempt for basic request of solution to pressing issues. Despite the certain level of the diversity in its participants and inconsistency of this public, we can still underline the important result of its actions – civic initiatives that have formed within the protest public, which allowed to partially get around the closed nature of Russia’s political system. The author comes to a conclusion that in the conditions of lack of channels for influencing policy, realization of alternate initiatives that are formulated based on the realistic request of the citizens, rather than the will of the branches of government, remains one of a few mechanisms of public politics within the country.

Keywords: Public policy, Civil society, Civic initiatives, Protest public, Democracy, Civic participation, Protests, Policy, State, Values, Public policy, Civil society, Civic initiatives, Protest public, Democracy, Civic participation, Protests, Policy, State, Values

DOI: 10.7256/2454-0706.2016.3.52606

DOI: 10.7256/2454-0706.2016.4.15396

Abstract: The author examines in detail the typology of the political cultures of G. Almond and S. Verba, and presents the content of a survey developed on its basis, consisting of 14 open and closed questions. Particular attention is given to the results of the survey (April 2012, October 2013, November 2014 and February 2015) of the young generation of modern Russia on the basis of original survey to determine the typology of political culture of G. Almond and S. Verba. The methodological framework consists of the following methods: surveys in the form of a questionnaire, a comparative, quantitative and critical analysis; synthesis, generalization, classification, historical and logical methods, as well as a graphical method (table) for visual display of the results of the study. The conducted survey of the Russian youth in 2012-2015, based on the developed questionnaire, revealed that the younger generation of modern Russia has inherent patriarchal and loyal traits. The study of the political culture has shown that today's youth is not indifferent towards the future of Russia and the political process. Many young people see themselves as active participants in these processes, understand the importance of active political position, but some underestimate the inherent rationality and responsibility. Based on the results of this research, the author proposes measures aimed at developing the Russian youth political culture of participation, and increasing its electoral activity. At the same time, it is necessary to consolidate efforts of family, state, municipal authorities, and civil society with the use of modern information technologies and means of communication, taking into account the international experience, the historical development of the Russian state, as well as the interests and initiatives of young people.

Keywords: political parties, youth, electoral activity, elections, culture of participation, civil society, political culture, electoral process, suffrage, youth policy

DOI: 10.7256/2454-0706.2016.4.52619

Keywords: political parties, youth, electoral activity, elections, culture of participation, civil society, political culture, electoral process, suffrage, youth policy

Abstract: The article is devoted to the problem of participation of the structures of civil society in the legal policy of the state. The author introduces the term of “law-forming relations”, establishes the amount of legal capacity of subjects of civil society as participants of law-forming relations. The author establishes the forms of participation of people and social organizations in the processes of formation of topical law.

Keywords: jurisprudence, law, society, state, law-forming, legislation, law-making, democracy, election, referendum.

Abstract: The article includes analysis of the political norms in the mechanism of regulation of social relations. Much attention is paid to the addresses and messages of the President of the Russian Federation, which call for the specifi c legal regulation. In the author’s point of view the political norms are aimed to bring order into the relations among various subjects of the political system, and thanks to them the political system and Russian society may be whole and stable.

Keywords: jurisprudence, law, politics, norms, regulation, doctrine, message, the President of the Russian Federation, party, concept.

DOI: 10.7256/2454-0706.2015.5.14913

Abstract: The subject of this research is the legal norms that regulate the protection of the reputation of a state as a public establishment from defamation. The object of the research is the public relations pertaining to the violations of rights and lawful interests of the state as a subject of civil legal relations, defamation – spreading vilifying information, as well as public relations associated with the legal protection of the state’s reputation from defamation. The author conducts a detail review of such aspects of this topic as the influence of distribution of vilifying information (defamation) about a state, which affects its reputation and warrants the need to protect the state’s reputation from defamation. The research presents legal justification of implementation into the legislation of such category as reputation, which can be applied to a state as a subject of legal relations on protection from defamation.

Keywords: Intangible benefits, State, Defamation, Legal protection, Protection of reputation, Vilification, Public establishment, Distribution of vilifying information, Reputation, State reputation

DOI: 10.7256/2454-0706.2015.5.52423

Keywords: Intangible benefits, State, Defamation, Legal protection, Protection of reputation, Vilification, Public establishment, Distribution of vilifying information, Reputation, State reputation

DOI: 10.7256/2454-0706.2015.5.14974

Abstract: The goal of this work is the analysis of Russia’s internet audience as a participant in the political communication on a regional level and its attitude towards the activity of the NGO as an important part of forming a civil society. The subject of this research includes the following components: 1. Socio-political analysis of the aspects of Russia’s internet audience; 2. The details of the online activity of the responders; 3. The perception of population about the role of the NGO in Russia; 4. Classification of the public opinion of the population regarding the role and influence of the NGO at the regional level. Selective polling was conducted on the population of the Krasnogorsky District of the Moscow Oblast consisting of 300 people between 20 and 62 years of age, representing the working class. The author emphasizes the need for a wide range of informational forums for a two-way communication at the regional level, and encouragement of citizens to participate in the dialogue, public discussion of the national politics online, and forming of the political culture of the society.

Keywords: opinion, interests, Internet audience, civil society, non-governmental organizations, region, politics, activity, awareness, participation

DOI: 10.7256/2454-0706.2015.5.52424

Keywords: opinion, interests, Internet audience, civil society, non-governmental organizations, region, politics, activity, awareness, participation

Abstract: The article refl ects the key issues, regarding violation of human rights, as guaranteed by the Constitution of the Russian Federation, such as the inviolability of private life of every person and the prohibition of collection, keeping, use and distribution of information on private life of a person. The author also analyzes the contradictions in the existing legislation.

Keywords: jurisprudence, law, inviolability, person, security, data, interests, legislation, information.

Abstract: The article is devoted to the problem of legislative regulation of the relations on the protection of rights of minor subjects of personal data. The author provides the review of the existing legislation in the sphere of personal data of minor (juvenile) persons, as well as of the legislation on the rights of minors. The author analyzes the relevant problems, sources of threats to rights and lawful interests of such persons, and the possible ways to neutralize such threats. Analysis of the existing Russian legislation allows the author to come to a conclusion on the lack of quality of legal regulation in this sphere, as expressed by a large number of gaps and confl icts of legal norms in the Federal Law “On Personal Data” with the existing civil procedural legislation, legislation on administrative offences, etc. The author then offers the means in order to deal with the legislative shortcomings, which are based on the systemic approach to the problem.

Keywords: jurisprudence, personal, data, minors, protection, collision, information, security, confi dentiality.

Abstract: Political advertizing on the Internet is a specifi c type of political bilaterial communication, which is actively used in election process for the purpose of infl uence on the mindsets of electors regarding political subjects or objects.

Keywords: Internet, advertizing, party, political, communications, voters, strategy, campaign, process, the president, technology.

DOI: 10.7256/2454-0706.2013.8.9015

DOI: 10.7256/2454-0706.2013.8.52028

Abstract: The Russian non-commercial organizations, and associations of distributors and importers in particular have some potential in the sphere of optimization of the state decision-making. The article evaluates the perspectives for the development of civil society in Russia taking think tanks as an example. The intermediary functions, expert evaluation and facilitation of communication processes among small-scale and medium-scale businesses, which are performed by non-commercial organizations, are key characteristic features of think tanks. At the same time it is obvious that the forming institutions should correspond with the Russian national, cultural and historical experiences. In fact, functioning of the think tanks in Russia is a form of lobbying activity, which may be institutionalized in the future. The authors have a goal to make an impact on the overcoming of the existing skeptical evaluations of the dynamics of development of the civil society. Taking a specific example of the Association of Distributors and Importers of Construction and Decoration Ceramics, the authors prove that non-commercial organizations in Russia have certain potential in the sphere of state decision-making and making the democratic transit as a whole more efficient.

Keywords: civil society, lobbying, think tank, non-commercial organizations, small-scale business, medium-scale business, state decision-making, communication, expert evaluation, intermediary, conflict settlement.

Abstract: This article is devoted to the application of information technologies in regulation of the political relations. The author introduces the term of political risks, characterizes their types, as well as the factors, which infl uence the effi ciency of application of information and technology system in order to regulate political relations, such as technical, contents and information, strategic and human factors).

Keywords: political science, information technologies, political relations, regulation, factors, effi ciency, political risks, information and technology system, communications, Internet – technologies.

DOI: 10.7256/2454-0706.2013.9.2332

DOI: 10.7256/2454-0706.2013.9.52039

Abstract: The article includes analysis of interactions between the government and social organizations in the sphere of guarantees of human dignity, as well as specific features of their cooperation in the sphere of protection of human rights. The author proves the need for the cooperation between social organization and government bodies in order to guarantee human dignity in the modern Russia.

Keywords: jurisprudence, dignity, associations, protection, interaction, government, state, person, individual, respect.

Abstract: Lately understanding of the relations between the media and the politics becomes more and more necessary, and the politicians often address media logic, due to which they form the agenda, which becomes the source of management for these relations. While the traditional parts of political campaigns remain, and communications are implemented via personal contact, the politicians more and more often use media means of formation of the social opinion (Bennet and Entman, 2001). Due to this fact, many researchers now agree that the political changes, which announced the weakness of nationalism in the modern democracy as well as of party policy, became both the cause and the effect of the growing importance of the media, and at the same time these political changes are adaptation mechanisms for state and democracy.

Keywords: political science, mass media, mediatization, inter-dependency, communications, relations, personalization, media, politics, news.

DOI: 10.7256/2454-0706.2016.9.18839

Abstract: The subject of this research is the phenomenon of the national-cultural autonomy. The object of this research is defined by the role of the national-cultural autonomy in the process of adaptation and integration of migrants. Presentation of the national-cultural autonomy as the actor of integrational policy initiates a discussion within the expert society on the possible risks of cultivation of ethnic differences and enclavisation of the migrant communities. The article compares the theoretical conclusions of Y. O Filippova to the results acquired during the course of empirical research of the author of this work and other experts. The dialectical approach towards the research allowed studying the institute of national-cultural autonomy considering its qualitative change in the context of contrariety of the political processes. The national-cultural autonomy is being viewed as the result of search of the balance between the multi-vectoral trends with regards to the national problem in the specific historical period. The conclusion is made on the improvement of the legal grounds of the national-cultural autonomy on the background of the changes in the political situation of the country. The author examines the socioeconomic resource of the national-cultural unions in the context of consolidation of the migrants. The author also notes the failure of the attempt at universality of the national-cultural autonomy pertaining to the realization of the right of ethnic group upon the cultural-national autonomy.

Keywords: ethno-cultural component of education, actors of the integrational policy, migrant communities, group isolation, adaptation of migrants, migrant workers, institutionalization of ethnicity, cultural-national autonomy, Kyrgyztown, national unions

DOI: 10.7256/2454-0706.2016.9.52698

DOI: 10.7256/2454-0706.2013.9.9360

DOI: 10.7256/2454-0706.2013.9.52040

Abstract: The article provides the grounds for the need to promote the law with contradictory functions, that is the laws aimed to liquidate and form the social relations, contradicting its mentality. Mostly, such laws include those based upon the experience of the foreign states. Their implementation faces social opposition. In order for such laws to be efficient, the political will of the state should be expressed in order to promote them in a society. Such a promotion should start at the primary legislative stage and continue till the goals of such a law are achieved. Promotion of laws is understood as a complex of state measures aimed at explaining the meaning of such laws, convincing that such laws are a necessity, coercion (soft or hard) in order to guarantee compliance. A strategy for such promotion may be included within the concept of a law, as developed by a subject of legislative initiative, or within the framework of measures for its implementation.

Keywords: contradictory functions, contradictory laws, concept of the legislative draft, implementation of federal laws, promotion of laws, legal mentality, the Public Chamber, state coercion, legislative activity, law on law-making.

Abstract: The article is devoted to the mechanism of production of information risks of the mass media, as a result of the formation of myth. Information risks of mass media often appear as consequences of rather positive processes. There is an objective contradiction between the goal to provide the people with the balanced information on one hand, and the movement for the access to the mass media. The instruments for the formation of myth include such risks.

Keywords: political studies, information risks, mass media, myth, social opinion, lies, falsification, slander, violence, citizens.

Abstract: The article includes the results of the legal analysis of the categories, which are used in the sphere of voluntarism and charitable activities, the author shows characteristic features of volunteer activities, specifi c features of youth volunteerism. The author also analyzes the issues of improvement of normative legal regulation of volunteer activities in Russia within the framework of the development of the institutions of the civil society, as well as the texts of a number of Federal Laws, the Concept of Development of Charity and Volunteerism in the Russian Federation of 2009, and the Strategy of State Youth Policy in the Russian Federation of 2006.

Keywords: jurisprudence, role, voluntarism, youth, regulation, civil, society, charitable, activity, law.

Abstract: The article includes analysis of topical issues on social entrepreneurial activities by non-commercial organizations within the modern system of legal regulation, as well as analysis of the problems of modernization of the system of civil legislation in the Russian Federation in this sphere.

Keywords: social, entrepreneurial, non-commercial organizations, professional, activity, self-regulated, organizations, services.

DOI: 10.7256/2454-0706.2014.10.12998

DOI: 10.7256/2454-0706.2014.10.52279

Abstract: The object of studies involves public discussion of the issues of fighting corruption as the form of interaction of the civil society institutions with the public government bodies in the process of implementation of public control. The goals of the study involve the following: 1) discussing elements of public discussion on fighting corruption as the form of interaction of the civil society institutions with the public government bodies in the process of public control implementation; 2) providing structural analysis of the main elements of the public discussions of the issues regarding fighting corruption as a form of interaction of the civil society institutions with the public government bodies in the process of public control implementation; 2) to offer the vision of the author regarding public discussions on issues regarding fighting corruption as a form of interaction of the civil society institutions with the public government bodies in the process of public control implementation. The methodological basis for the study involves dialectic materialism and the general scientific cognition methods based upon it, including structural analysis, etc. The scientific novelty of the study is due to the fact that for the first time in the Russian scientific literature the author views the public discussion of issues of fighting corruption as a form of interaction of the civil society institutions with the public government bodies in the process of public control implementation, discussing its contents, providing its scientific definition, which may be used for the further scientific studies.

Keywords: corruption, fighting corruption, anti-corruption policy, public discussion, public control, public government bodies, civil society institutions, interaction, public discussions, public hearings.

DOI: 10.7256/2454-0706.2013.11.9677

DOI: 10.7256/2454-0706.2013.11.52083

Abstract: This article investigates the issue of access to information about the activities of government and municipal government authorities. It considers the substance inherent in the exercise of this type of constitutional right to information, such as access to information. This right allows a person and a citizen to satisfy his need to obtain the required information either directly from official sources or by sending a request and receiving an answer from the state or local government authority. This article considers the issue of transparency of state and local government bodies, and concludes that openness is the major contributor to the exercise of the constitutional right to information. It maintains a balance between the interests of the state and the individual and the citizen in the framework of the knowledge society. The author proposes a new concept of access to information as well as insights into the federal law ‘On access to information on activities of state bodies and local government bodies’. He considers issues relating to the legal exercise of the constitutional right to information through access to information, detailing not only the limitations of this right as set by the legislator, but also limits to the exercise of the right.

Keywords: right to information, constitutional law, access to information, principle of transparency, government bodies, government, human rights, obligations of administrative officials, accountability, rights

DOI: 10.7256/2454-0706.2013.13.9817

DOI: 10.7256/2454-0706.2013.13.52119

Abstract: The goal of this article is to analyze the contents of a constitutional and political right to petition in accordance with the provisions of the Constitution of Ukraine and the Constitution of the Russian Federation. Using general scientific and special research methods, and comparative legal method first of all, one ay single out the characteristic features, which currently exist in constitutional theory and practice of the two states. The right to petition is enshrined in the Constitution of the Russian Federation (art. 33) and the Constitution of Ukraine (art. 40), as well as in some other normative legal acts. Analysis of the relevant constitutional provisions shows the differences in the contents, first of all, regarding the subjects of the right to address. In accordance with the Constitution of Ukraine the range of subjects is much broader than in the Constitution of the Russian Federation. The constitutional political right to petition may be regarded as the right to petition of the citizens or other persons on socially important issues aimed to influence the decision of government bodies and addressed to the subjects of political relations, being competent to act in accordance with the propositions or requests. Based on this definition the following elements of the constitutional right to petition may be singled out: a) the right to act; b) the right to demand; c) the right to use; d) the right to petition for protection by the state government bodies in cases of infringement. Enshrinement of this right at the constitutional level shows that it is regarded as an important instrument of functioning of a democratic society, resulting in the strengthening of the relevant functions of the state government and municipal bodies and their officials. At the same time, a number of problems arise in the practice of implementation of this right, as well as the possible solutions to them, such as improvement of the legislative basis, scientific substantiation for amendments, guarantees of implementation of the constitutional basic rights and freedoms, other means and methods for the guarantees of this right.

Keywords: political rights, right to petition, constitution, the Constitution of Ukraine, the Constitution of the Russian Federation, legal contents, guarantees, constitutional practice, implementation of rights, improvement of the legislation.

DOI: 10.7256/2454-0706.2014.12.13964

DOI: 10.7256/2454-0706.2014.12.52327

Abstract: The subject of this research is the effect of Internet-based social networks upon the emergence, dynamics, and specificity of the process of protest mobilization. The object of this research is the mass mobilization during the course of revolutionary processes and massive antigovernment campaigns. The author examines the possibilities of political mobilization through the social networks in Russia based on the conducted research of user behavior of the popular Russian social network VK. A special attention is given to the problem of spontaneous occurrences of mass protests, as well as the modern dynamics of the events of “Arab Spring” and appearance of the “Occupy” movement within the context of political science. The empirical part of the research is conducting using the descriptive method and statistical analysis of media behavior of the VK users. The theoretical analysis relies on the results of modern research in the field of media and communication studies, social movements, and conflict politics. The main conclusions of this research is firstly, affirmation of limited influence of the social network VK upon involvement of the youth into a mass protest in Russia; secondly, the general supplemental role of the social networks into the process of protest mobilization in the cases of typical political conflicts. On the other hand, the conducted analysis allows us to substantiate the possibility of a quality influence of social networks upon the dynamics of mass protests in the case of emergence of exceptional events that are transgressive for public consciousness, where the “new media” instruments are able to rapidly synchronize local demands, change their scale, and involve broad social groups into the message of protest and the culture of social opposition. The novelty of this research consists in refutation of the thesis of exceptionally high influence of social networks onto the forming of mass protest the ideal-political perceptions within youth. Alternatively, the results of this analysis allow defining the future directions of research on the causes and dynamic characteristics of the mass protests.