Compatriots Abroad: Preserving the All-Russian Cultural Identity

Abstract

Based on the principle of continuity of the Russian statehood, the recognition of a person, his rights and freedoms as the highest value, and the focus on modern democratic achievements, the Russian Federation supports compatriots living abroad in the exercise of their rights, ensuring the protection of their interests and preserving the all-Russian cultural identity. For this purpose, an independent direction of state policy was identified, and an appropriate legal framework was formed. According to the Strategy of the State National Policy of the Russian Federation for the period up to 2025, the support of compatriots living abroad, the promotion of their relations with the Russian Federation and voluntary resettlement in the Russian Federation is one of the priorities of the state national policy of the Russian Federation. The importance of the issue of support for compatriots for the state is evidenced by the consolidation of the provision on support for compatriots at the constitutional level by the 2020 amendment (Part 3 of Article 69 of the Constitution of the Russian Federation): Clear constitutional guidelines were established for the further development of State policy in this direction. The article deals with the dynamics of legal regulation in the field of support of compatriots and legal problems in this area, the existing conceptual framework, foreign experience in regulating issues of support of compatriots.