Vers un patriotisme civique ? Les associations face aux injonctions de l'État russe

Since the beginning of the 2000 's, the Russian State has put patriotism in the centre of its political construction. Patriotic references, neglected in the 1990's, have gradually re-emerged in all fields of Russian society, including those sectors too that were most set against it. This is also the case for the associations for the defence of human rights, created during perestroika, to support universal human rights. Since the coming to power of Vladimir Putin, these associations have been suspected of anti-patriotism and have been threatened as such. To defend themselves against criticism, the defenders of human rights have tried to synthesise universal principles of human rights with patriotic considerations. Denouncing the chauvinistic and nationalistic patriotism, they promote a civic, even constitutional, patriotism, based specifically on the Russian Constitution of 1993. However, their concept, « patriotism of human rights » (pravozachtchitnij patriotizm), does not appear to receive any support from the State or from the majority of Russian society.Daucé Françoise. Vers un patriotisme civique ? Les associations face aux injonctions de l'État russe. In: Revue Russe n°33, 2009. D’autres Russies. Altérité, diversité et complexité dans la Russie d' aujourd’hui. pp. 31-41