The projections of the politically determined state-patriotic loyalty of the subjects of Russian civil society in the ethno-confessional self-organization

Introduction. The problematization of the essence and functionality of civil society is a traditional, modern, and promising research niche within political science. Political analysis shows that global civic self-organization is highly correlated with political space and political time, forming unique institutions of social activity. The functioning of civil society in modern Russia generally follows generally recognized theoretical, methodological, and functional-organizational algorithms. At the same time, a number of specifically Russian politically significant essential determinants and functional practices of civil self-determination and self-government in the Russian Federation are identified, which are актуализируются in geopolitical conditions. Domestic and foreign policy demands are clearly evident; they motivate a new content for the positioning of public associations, as well as a new state-patriotic loyalty as the programmatic basis for the functions of public associations with ethno-confessional determinants. A certain evolution is demonstrated by politically significant activism of national-cultural and religious organizations in the North Caucasus Federal District (NCFD). 
Purpose. The analysis and identification of the resources and practical manifestations of the politically determined, state-patriotic loyalty of public organizations with an ethno-confessional focus – the subjects of the national model of Russian civil society – as patronage-partnership and rational-positive. 
Theoretical Basis. The research is based on an institutional approach within the framework of the methodology of political science to identify the essential-structural and functional-role determinants of Russian civil society. Neo-institutionalism and the concept of “political opportunities” are used to specify the political vector of public associations. In highlighting the political trajectory of civic selforganization, a political-axiological, value-based approach is applied, which is actualized in parallel with the actualization of values in politics. The structure of modern civil society was supported by the concepts of the networkization of public policy and the political dimension of civic (in this case, ethno-confessional) self-organization. Theoretical research-identitarian generalizations were used to interpret the ethno-confessional foundations of self-organization in the socio-political process. 
Results. The process of civic association has many objective determinants and subjective projections, which are dependent not only on political systems and political regimes, taking into account domestic and foreign policy factors, but also on the historical-cultural and even mythological narrative in each specific state-country expression. The subjects of civil society, institutionalized on the basis of ethno-confessional identity, strengthen their positioning in the socio-political process, acquiring indirect properties of political subjectivity. Its conditionality and motivation in relation to national-cultural and religious organizations, in a broad sense, are expressed in socio-political activism and in politically determined state-patriotic loyalty. National-cultural and religious public organizations of the North Caucasus Federal District: a) use ethnocultural and ethno-confessional potential to protect traditional North Caucasian values and strengthen Russian civic identity; b) expand practical experience in shaping patriotic thinking among today’s Russian youth as a counterbalance to radical, extremist, and social deviations; c) protect the sovereignty of the Russian cultural code. 
Conclusions. In the formation of a sovereign Russian civil society, the humanistic and spiritual-moral component of the self-organization of Russian citizens is emphasized, based on the Russian civilizational paradigm as a multi-ethnic and multi-confessional one. The foundations of the state-patriotic loyalty of national-cultural and religious organizations as subjects of civil society are rooted in  the historical-cultural and socio-political tradition of the relationship between the state and citizens. The politically determined components and politically projected experiences of national-cultural and religious organizations are shaped by the trends in Russia’s nation-state building, as well as by  the needs of the modern Russian socio-political space in the context of international risks and geopolitical dysfunctions. In the interaction between the state and civil society, the range of public initiatives with a state-patriotic focus is expanding; these initiatives are implemented within the framework of state-religious relations and the state national policy of the Russian Federation. 

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