title: Why do Russians need the status of a “state-forming people”?
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metadata.value: Achkasov, Valery A.
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metadata.value: 2022-10-06T13:12:12Z
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metadata.value: 2022-10-06T13:12:12Z
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metadata.value: 2022-06
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metadata.value: Achkasov V. A. Why do Russians need the status of a “state-forming people”? Political Expertise: POLITEX, 2022, vol. 18, no. 2, pp. 215–224. https://doi.org/10.21638/spbu23.2022.207 (In Russian)
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metadata.value: https://doi.org/10.21638/spbu23.2022.207
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metadata.value: http://hdl.handle.net/11701/38238
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metadata.value: The article discusses possible political consequences of the introduction of the following novella:
  Russians are a “state-forming people”, tied to the Russian language, into Article 68 of
  the Russian Federation Constitution. This amendment turns the author of the Constitution, the
  “multinational people of Russia”, into a “multinational union of peoples”, where, notwithstanding
  a formal equality, the “state-forming” people predominates. As a result, in Russia there are
  “non-state-forming peoples” who speak other languages and compose over a quarter of the
  population. Most for thousands of years have resided on their native lands, which were included
  (often by the use of force) into the Russian Empire no more than 200–250 years ago. It seems
  they can claim to have participated in the “formation” of this common state not to a lesser degree
  than the Russians, who were suddenly given the status of a “state-forming” people. This
  amendment is clearly populist in nature, representing an example of legal nonsense. In addition, its adoption does not change anything for the position of the Russian majority, causing so far
  only dull irritation among representatives of the political elites and open protest of the intellectual
  elites of other peoples of Russia. Each change to the Basic Law must be carefully considered
  and absolutely necessary, and at the same time lead to the consolidation of the peoples of
  Russia, and not to their separation. Further, the article analyzes the issue of some foundations
  for the stability of the Russian state.
metadata.lang: en_GB
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metadata.value: ru
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metadata.name: dc.publisher
metadata.value: St Petersburg State University
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metadata.value: Political Expertise: POLITEX;Volume 18; Issue 2
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Russians
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: state-forming people
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Russian imperial nationalism
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: legal nonsense
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: a sense of national dignity
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: national self-determination
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.title
metadata.value: Why do Russians need the status of a “state-forming people”?
metadata.lang: en_GB
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metadata.value: Article
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