Basic values of the Russian civilization as the basis of the Russian Constitution

This article deals with a conflict between Occidental civilizational values and the Russian ones which serve as political and legal fundamentals of the active Russian Constitution. An attempt is made to subtotal Russia’s constitutional evolution over the years which have passed since the Constitution of the Russian Federation was adopted in 1993. The condition of the country’s political and legal system is analyzed in a critical manner. Main courses of constitutional development of the Russian State and society are defined on the basis of sociocultural values which are traditional for Russia and its citizens.

цивилизация, социокультурные ценности, цивилизационная идентичность, конституция, консти- туционализм, российское государство, государственный суверенитет, конституционные права и свободы, конститу- ционные обязанности