The Protest Situation and Protest Moods in Russia in 2014-2021: Status and Dynamics
The article examines the indicators of protest activity of citizens of the Russian Federation based on the results of monitoring of protest moods of information and analytical materials of sociological and public organizations, electronic media. The authors analyze the essence of social tension and the potential for protests in the period from 2014 to 2021, including the pandemic period. The presented modern protest actions indicate that different Internet resources give priority to different topics related to public sentiment. At the same time, the topic of protests in the period from 2014 to 2016 remains poorly studied; a significant part of the protests and social tension in Russia are actions related to the unstable political situation in the period from 2017 to 2019. Modern protests are associated with situations of interethnic conflicts and the current situation of the post-pandemic.