Aim. To introduce the scientific community to the main results of the international scientific and practical conference “National Identity and Patriotism in States in the Conditions of International Crises” which was held on October 28, 2022 and organized by the Department of Comparative Political Science of the Faculty of Political Science of Lomonosov Moscow State University with the support of the electronic network publications “Bulletin of the Moscow Region State University”.

Methodology. This article presents the abstracts of the speeches of the conference participants who devoted their reports to the problems of national identity and patriotism. The authors were researchers from Moscow State University named after M. V. Lomonosov, INION RAS, Institute of Sociology FNISTs RAS, Northern (Arctic) Federal University named after M. V. Lomonosov (Arkhangelsk), Eurasian National University named after L. N. Gumilyov (Republic of Kazakhstan), University of Mumbai (Republic of India), University of Tair Recep Tayyip Erdogan (Republic of Turkey).

Results. Using materials from Russia, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Georgia, Belarus, Latvia, China and the Republic of Korea, the speakers showed a wide range of problems of national identity and patriotism. The main attention was paid to the topical issues of the formation of national identity and patriotism, the specifics of national identity in Russia and post-Soviet countries, the impact of stigmatization that fragments national identity and marginalizes the discourse of patriotism.

Research implications. The published materials are of significant theoretical and practical importance in ensuring the sovereignty of Russia and other states, preserving and developing national identity and patriotic education of citizens under the influence of destructive socio-political technologies. The conclusions and recommendations of the researchers can contribute to the solution of urgent political, educational and educational problems.

Aim. To identify and show interpretive assessments of the political ideology of Siberian democratic regionalism in the latest foreign studies.

Methodology. The current study is based on historiographical methodology. The main instrument of the study is political and textual analysis of foreign researches by British, American, European and non-Western authors.

Results. The author establishes the contours of the modern Anglo-American, European and non-Western narrative in understanding the ideology of Siberian regionalism (regionalism).

Research implications. The work has both scientific and academic and practical significance. In terms of research, this study sheds light on the interpretation of the essence and content of the political ideology of Siberian democratic regionalism. We believe these results can be useful for a wide range of researchers involved in the problems of Russian political thought. From the practical point of view, this work can be used in the development of state programs and strategies of counteracting the cultivation of secession-oriented ideas by the unfriendly West. The results of the work done may be implemented in the regional and national policy of modern Russia in order to preserve the internal political stability and territorial integrity of the country.

Aim. To analyze the civil component in the political identity of modern Kazakhstan.

Methodology. The civil ("Kazakh") and ethnic ("Kazakh") models of the formation of the political identity of the Republic of Kazakhstan are analyzed. The main approaches were constructivism and a systematic approach, which were used in relation to the analysis of political practice of modern Kazakhstan. The method of political modeling was also used.

Results. The study revealed that in the process of constructing civil identity in Kazakhstan, a national myth is being created that employs several universal historical and political imperatives: the assertion of the the people and the Kazakh statehood’ antiquity, the imperative of the "age-old traditions" of the people, spiritual colonialism, and autarky. In the course of the study, the problems of the formation of a civil Kazakh nation were identified: the substitution of certain national components with ethnic and national ones).

Research implications. The results of the study can be used both in the comparative analysis of the nation-building processes and the construction of political identity in other countries of the former USSR, as well as in predictive research regarding the political development of Kazakhstan.

Aim. To study the key forms of the existence and functioning of ideology in modern Russian society.

Methodology. The main methods of research are systematic, comparative, and phenomenological.

Results. There are de facto two main forms of ideology in modern Russia. This is the official ideology, the ideology of dominant social groups, which is liberalism (but at the same time there is no de jure official ideology in Russia and there cannot be), and the catacomb ideology inherent in social groups that do not occupy key positions in the economic and political life of the country, which is conservatism. The full-fledged existence and manifestation of conservative ideology in all forms inherent in the official ideology depends to the greatest extent on these groups gaining real dominance or, more likely, real co-dominance in the economic and political systems of society.

Research implications. The results of the study make a certain contribution to political theory, and are important for forecasting modern Russia’s political development.

Aim. Critical analysis and conceptual reception of the cognitive trend in the study of political ideologies.

Methodology. In the course of the study, a conceptual-analytical method was used, which made it possible to identify the basic provisions of scientific theory and/or methodology based on the analysis of key scientific texts. The paradigm works of Paul Ricoeur, John Brookshire Thompson and Michael Freeden were analyzed.

Results. It is shown that in the understanding of ideologies there has been a significant shift from interpreting this phenomenon as a means of distorting social reality, masking conflicts and contradictions, as well as producing illusions, to a more complex and multi-layered interpretation of ideology as a cognitive matrix of group consciousness as an interpretive code and a symbolic tool for establishing and reproduction of dominance. The concept of ideology within the cognitive approach was conceptualized.

Research implications. The systematization of the main conceptual elements of the cognitive approach to the study of political ideologies, carried out in the article, creates the basis for a deeper reception in the domestic social sciences of the methodological tools of this approach and a more adequate understanding of the nature of ideologies.

Aim. To evaluate the practical orientation of the journalistic, publishing, and memoir activities of A. I. Koshelev.

Methodology. The basis of the study is the content analysis of journalistic articles and memoirs of A. I. Koshelev in order to identify the author's orientation towards solving real problems facing the state. The creative heritage of A. I.Koshelev is studied in the context of the political events of the 19th century. 

Results. An important difference between A. I. Koshelev and most of his associates in the Slavophile circle is revealed: the predominantly practical orientation of literary and journalistic creative work. There are no abstract philosophical works among the works of the thinker, attention is focused on the practical issues of the life of the country in the 19th century: the socio-political structure, the development of the economy and finance, railway construction, publishing, etc. 

Research implications. Practical interest to the modern reader can be found in the judgments of A. I. Koshelev on optimizing the structure of the state life of Russia and on improving the forms of interaction between the authorities and the people. The relevance of the publicist's legacy is due to his negative attitude towards radicalism and commitment to the ideas of preserving the historical foundations of society and state.

Aim. To identify and classify the forms and methods of information war in the modern conflict in Ukraine (during the Special Military Operation).

Methodology. The study was carried out using the methods of analysis, synthesis, generalization, and interpretation of the results.

Results. The forms and methods of conducting information war in Ukraine during the Special Military Operation (strategic information operations, special propaganda, fake news, and operational games with the elites) are identified and classified. It has been revealed that the most prominent means of the information warfare is the special propaganda, the goals and methods of which have not changed since the Cold War; strategic information operations, which are operational combinations of foreign intelligence, in this conflict at the present stage are present only in the form of the so-called "Incident in Bucha". It has been established that fake news massively produced by the Ukrainian side and its Western "sponsors" is aimed at diverting the attention of the Russian side (forces and means of information warfare) from the real operational combinations conducted by the CIA and MI-6 ("diversion to an unusable object").

Research implications. Information about the latest forms and methods of organizing and conducting information operations in the conditions of the Special Military Operation in Ukraine can be used in the work of state bodies responsible for organizing a systemic counteraction to information aggression by foreign states, and will also be useful to political scientists, political technologists, and specialists in countering destructive political technologies.

Aim. To develop various approaches to the identification and critical understanding of the electronic voting as a new mechanism of political activity.

Methodology. The research is based on general scientific methods, such as comparative method of extrapolation and forecasting. In addition, we use systemic approach and method of participant observation.

Results. In our research work, we have introduced our own electronic voting model as a communication network that links the state and society. Its goal is to escalate people’s conventional political activity with the help of close control over the constituency.

Research implications. The results of our work contribute to the development of theories touching upon the problems of information-oriented society and political communication.

Aim. To study the role of China and Russia in the Asia-Pacific region and trends in the development of Sino-Russian relations in the context of the Ukrainian crisis. Research objective is to explain the current political interaction between China and Russia, to analyze the strategic goals of China, Russia and the United States in the Asia-Pacific region, and also to interpret the perception of China and Russia of the global political situation in the context of the Ukrainian crisis, especially in the Asia-Pacific region, in order to generalize the role of China and Russia in this region and the trends of Sino-Russian relations in the context of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict.

Methodology. Methods of comparative analysis of data contained in various sources, such as the literature method of research and content analysis, were applied. The methodological basis of the work is the empirical method of research.

Results. Based on the analysis of the literature and the media, it was concluded that Russia plays an indispensable role in maintaining security and strategic stability in the Asia-Pacific region, and China has a decisive influence on the political, economic and security spheres of the Asia-Pacific region. At the same time, in the context of the Ukrainian crisis, Sino-Russian relations will continue to be based on national strategic interests and will hardly change due to the Russian-Ukrainian conflict and the EU and USA provocations.

Research implications. The materials of the article are new and correspond to current political hotspots, they have an auxiliary reference effect for relevant researchers.

Aim. To show the historical formation of the negative image of Russia and Russians in France of the XIX century on the examples of the works of C.-L. Lesur, J.B. May, F. Lacroix, G. de Beaumont, A. Martin et al.

Methodology. In addition to the general scientific methodological apparatus, the main research methods were content analysis and political-textual analysis.

Results. Based on the study of literary, historical and journalistic works created in France in the XIX century, it was shown how the formation and fixation of negative perceptions of Russia and Russian people, largely due to political reasons, took place in public opinion. Periods of political and cultural cooperation were replaced by periods of aggravation of the struggle for national interests, which led to the actualization of anti-Russian discourse in Europe. Despite the fact that we are talking about the XIX century in our discussion of “Russian question”, arguments such as “savagery”, “barbarism” and “underdevelopment” of the Russian people were often used. Politically and opportunistically motivated works aimed at diminishing the image of Russia and Russians formed an unambiguous image of the Russian “threat” in the mass consciousness. The negative perception of everything connected with Russia was based on two feelings which were consistently being evoked in the French society in accordance with the logic of political and economic confrontation – fear and contempt. Caused by pragmatic political reasons, the consolidation in European public opinion of the image of a “barbaric” and despotic Russia inhabited by wild “slaves”, resulted in the emergence of the phenomenon of Russophobia.

Research implications. Analysis of the ideological foundations of the negative image of Russia and Russians in the works of French authors of the XIX century allows us to identify, firstly, the relationship between the emergence and development of stereotypes and cliches in the assessment of Russia and the Russian people with the historical and political context of their formation, and, secondly, to trace the general line and logic of the development of anti-Russian discourse in Western Europe. New material has been generalized on the topic under study, works of French authors of the XIX century that had not been translated into Russian before have been introduced into scientific circulation.

Aim. To identify and analyze the methods and techniques of destructive information and psychological impact through telecommunication technologies on Russian users.

Methodology. The key research methods were content analysis and intent analysis. The categories of analysis that were used in the study are topic, tonality, and object of influence. Besides, the categories specific to social media content were involved, in particular the views number, the likes number, comments and reposts. Articles in electronic media, materials from popular video hosting sites and the most visited telegram channels by the Russian segment Internet users were selected as sources of information for analysis. The content of the most relevant examples of selected messages is given in the article along with links to online sources. The data selected according to the categories described above on the basis of more than 500 articles and reports have been subjected to further reflection in order to identify techniques, methods and technologies of information and psychological impact.

Results. The article is devoted to the description and analysis of the arsenal of techniques, destructive information and psychological impact through various telecommunication technologies used on various information platforms. The analysis of the main trends in the information sphere related to the formation of negative emotions (uncertainty, fear, panic) in the public consciousness of Russian society is also carried out. The peculiarities of telecommunication communication (anonymity and multimodality) are revealed, which negatively affect the public consciousness of the entire Russian society, and therefore become an information weapon directed against the Russian population. The analysis made it possible to formulate the goals of the destructive informational and psychological impact of the collective West on the Russian society, to identify and describe the main trends in their development.

Research implications. The significance of the research consists in the analysis of risks and threats to the psychological and information security of society through the spread of telecommunication technologies that use certain methods and techniques of destructive information and psychological impact. The conducted research made it possible to outline and formulate ways to counteract such an impact on public consciousness.

Aim. To compare the images of the region, actualized by toponymic stimulus synonyms “Kuzbass” and “Kemerovo region” in the language consciousness of young people.

Methodology. The material of the study includes 723 associations obtained within the directed chain associative experiment, in which 100 students of Kemerovo State University participated.

Results. The unification of one peripheral and several nuclear thematic sectors of associative fields based on reactions to toponymic stimulus synonyms “Kuzbass” and “Kemerovo region” was revealed.

Research implications. The results of the study make a certain contribution to the development of psycholinguistic direction of research, touching upon the issues of stimulus variability. The theoretical value of the research stems from the identifying changes in the associations targeted by toponyms that were changed or merged, as in the case of Kemerovo region that was re-named officially as Kemerovo Oblast – Kuzbass three years ago.

Aim. To identify the main features of the language tools used in the formation of the concept of "linguistic personality of a politician" in English-language sources.

Methodology. The complex methodology includes cognitive-discursive analysis, contextual analysis, and comparative method. The main content of the study is the analysis of English-language texts of a linguo-politological nature and texts of speeches by politicians.

Results. The analysis has shown that modern politicians use a variety of linguistic means in their stylistic and functional features to create their image (statesman) and to obtain the expected results of their intentions to manipulate public consciousness.

Research implications. The theoretical significance of the conducted research can be determined by the fact that its results are able to supplement the information about the concept of “a language personality of a politician” available in a new emerging discipline – linguopolitology. The practical value in the possible application of the results obtained in university courses in general and private linguistics, in general and special lexicology, in the stylistics of the English language, etc.

Aim. To identify the linguo-stylistic and lexical-semantic features of verbalizing the characters’ emotions typical for the fictional diary genre.Methodology. The study was conducted using the methods of linguo-stylistic interpretation and lexical-semantic analysis of the text, using the methods of continuous sampling, categorization and classification, as well as descriptive and statistical methods.Results. The study revealed that the predominant ways of verbalizing the emotions of a character in fictional diaries are implicit. The analysis showed the prevalence of elements with a negative emotive connotation. Among the stylistic means of verbalization of emotions a significant part belongs to lexical expressive means.

Research implications. The research results contribute to the deeper understanding of the genre of fictional diary and the verbal representation of emotions in characters’ speech. It is possible to apply the results obtained in teaching stylistics, text interpretation and discourse theory.

Aim. To analyze historical formation of the terms “discourse” and “discursive marker” and their current interpretation.

Methodology. Content analysis, as a key research method, enables the author to study the dictionaries of the linguistic terms as well as the researches devoted to the issues of discourse and discursive markers. The author analyzed the content of the terms, summarized the information and made a number of conclusions.

Results. At the present stage of the development of linguistics, discourse remains a term closely related to the text and speech activity of a person, but its analysis enables the identification of the illocutionary and perlocutionary components of a speech utterance, simultaneously revealing the features of the speaker's cognitive activity. Discursive markers, as units of different speech parts, create "marks" in speech for its more accurate interpretation by the recipient, but do not change the propositional meaning of the utterance, merely supplying it with pragmatic information.

Research implications. The study clarifies the modern terminological interpretation of the two concepts, namely discourse and discursive marker, thereby creating a basis for further analysis of discursive markers functioning in discourse.