Protest activities in the modern Russian society: a democratic manifestation or a threat to national security?
The level of political activities in a society is one of the manifestations of a democratic government, when the people itself is a sole source of power. In the current economic, political and cultural realities of development of the Russian Federation the protest activities of the people grow due to both objective and subjective factors. The article substantiates the close connection between the protest attitudes of the Russian people and the level of their political and legal culture. The institutions of the civil society fail to duly perform their functions, including establishment of a constructive dialogue between the people and the government. Currently the mass media do not support legal order, and sometimes they have direct negative influence upon the mass conscience. The conclusion is made on the need to develop the newest method for the complex monitoring of the public opinion in order to reveal the specificities of the social environment, causing protest attitudes and forecasting forms and slogans of the protest reactions taking into account the strategic goals of the national security guarantees.