Notes on the margins of political life. The nature and context of public sentiment during the parliamentary elections
The article presents an analysis of public sentiment in Russia during the elections to the State Duma of the eighth cnvocation. The author identifies the sources of the political passivity of Russian citizens and discovers that it is closely related to the socio-economic dependence of Russians. The current socio-economic policy of the Russian state forms a stable dependence of citizens on employers and social assistance, on consumption and loans. Only the development of democratic mechanisms can break the fetters of dependence and make Russians genuine citizens of their country and creators of a better future.