Volunteerity as a form of citizen’s participation in protection of national interests during de-natification in Ukraine
The work reveals the essence of volunteerism as a form of citizen participation in the protection of national interests during denazification in Ukraine. The author notes the increased historical drama of the ongoing events associated with the revival of Nazism in the territory of the former USSR. Today we are direct witnesses of an international drama. The resurgent Nazism generated by the USA led to a direct confrontation between the two Slavic states. Two peoples, Russia and Ukraine, close in spirit, culture, faith, language, converged on the barricade of a huge area, with almost complete involvement of the population, armed with opposite worldviews and equipped with the latest weapons. The current study proposes an attempt to understand both the objective and subjective motives of volunteerism and the militia, as well as the activities of the state in the rational management of volunteering processes, not so much in the fields of science, art, training and education, but in strategic issues, which is the process of destroying Nazism today. in Ukraine. The idea of the article is determined by the persistence of citizens to show their patriotism through closer unity with state institutions at an excessively high level of external threats to state sovereignty. The National Security Strategy defines Nazism as the most urgent threat to international peace and Russia’s national interests, and declares opposition to the resurgent Nazism in Europe, and above all in Ukraine, as a paramount task that must be addressed comprehensively, swiftly, and effectively. The article discusses the connection between the concepts of a militia, a volunteer, a volunteer with the protection of the national interests of the state at significant events of the past and current centuries. Object of study: the relationship between the state and the citizen in a situation close to critical for the state. Subject of study: volunteerism, militia, mercenary activity as elements of private military potential in protecting the national interests of the state during the denazification of Ukraine.