Published on: 2026-04-23
Source: Government of the Russian Federation – Government of the Russian Federation –
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Vice Prime Minister Tatyana Golikova held the first meeting of the Government Commission on the implementation of the state national policy of the Russian Federation.
The commission was created by the order of the head of state, to this Government following the results of the meeting of the Council under the President of the Russian Federation on Interethnic Relations, held on November 5, 2025.
The purpose of the commission’s activities is to ensure coordinated actions of federal executive authorities, regional executive authorities, and organizations in developing unified approaches to the implementation of state national policy.
“The commission is aimed at strengthening the unity of the multinational people of our country and the all-Russian civil identity, developing ethno-cultural and linguistic diversity, ensuring interethnic and interreligious harmony, preventing extremism and conflicts on a national or religious basis. To achieve these goals, we need to analyze the current legislation and its application practices, develop proposals to improve the legal regulation and mechanisms for implementing national policy.”An important focus of our work is ongoing dialogue with national-cultural autonomies, religious associations, public organizations, scientific and expert communities,” emphasized Tatyana Golikova.
She added that in 2025 documents were adopted that have fundamentally important significance for the implementation of state national policy. These are the Fundamentals of the State Language Policy of the Russian Federation, the Concept of Sustainable Development of Indigenous Small-Numbered Peoples of the North, Siberia and the Far East of the Russian Federation for the period until 2036, and its implementation plan. And the main document is the new State National Policy Strategy of the Russian Federation for the period until 2036, approved by the President.
All main directions and tasks of implementing the state national policy found reflection in the plan of measures for implementation in the 2026–2028 strategy year.
Moreover, as noted by the Deputy Prime Minister, by Presidential decree 2026 has been declared the Year of the Unity of the Peoples of Russia, an organizational committee has been formed, and its first meeting took place on March 3, 2026.
Members of the commission discussed issues related to the operation of the monitoring system and early warning of international and interconfessional conflicts, preparation of a government report on the implementation of the state national policy of the Russian Federation in 2025, development of a scientific research program aimed at interdisciplinary study of the Russian people, as well as the execution of assignments from the President of the Russian Federation.
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