PARTICIPATION IN THE FIGHT AGAINST RUSSOPHOBIA IS AN ACTUAL TASK OF RUSSIAN ADVOCACY
The article is devoted to a new and very urgent task of combating the growing wave of russophobia, which, according to the authors, in addition to state bodies and public organizations, should include advocacy as a community of professional human rights defenders. It analyzes the historical roots of russophobia, the factors contributing to the spread of this dangerous socio-political “disease” in modern Russia, and proposes a number of legal and organizational measures that should help to improve the situation. It emphasized that the task of combating russophobia can not be solved without appropriate adjustment of the legal framework, improvement of specific forms and methods of work of the legal profession, in close cooperation with the emerging civil society.