The Ideology of Conservatism in the Updated Constitution of the Russian Federation

The paper is devoted to the analysis of amendments to the Constitution of the Russian Federation made in 2020 through the prism of the ideology of conservatism. The author elucidates the reasons for the consolidation of the liberal doctrine in the 1993 Constitution of the Russian Federation and its limitations in the conditions of modern Russian civilization. The Constitution of the Russian Federation of 1993 laid down a liberal project for the state and law development of Russia that was based on the postulates of freedom, without taking into account the conservative concept characteristic of our country. The paper explains the strengths and weaknesses of the ideology of conservatism and demonstrates the significance of traditional values that have been consolidated in constitutional law rules. Russian conservatism that formed as ideology at the beginning of the 19th century, was based on the ideas of continuity of the historical development of Russia as a civilization state. These ideas reflected those features of our state that made it different from Western civilization. The paper proves that these legal norms cannot be referred to the declarative norms of the Constitution of the Russian Federation, since they are included in the current legislation. Changes in the Constitution of the Russian Federation strengthened its conservative principles while maintaining its liberal model. The author concluded that liberal and conservative ideologies, despite being competing, are mutually complementary in the Constitution of the Russian Federation, since their cumulative application allows us to overcome the limitations and shortcomings of each of the models.