The role of state social policy in ensuring the goals of national security of the Russian Federation (on the example of public opinion polls in the Nizhny Novgorod region)

The article examines the results of a sociological study of the public opinion of residents of the Nizhny Novgorod Region from the standpoint of studying the impact of the socio-economic situation of the population and existing social inequalities on solving the tasks of ensuring national security of the Russian Federation. Based on the research materials, the author makes the conclusion about the high influence of the factor of practical implementation of the principles of social justice and the peculiarities of their perception in the mass consciousness. The key thesis of the article is the assumption that the current National Security Strategy of the Russian Federation is more aimed at achieving internal goals and objectives. The materials presented in the article are based on the data of a study conducted by the ANO «Scientific Research Institute of Social Management Problems» (Nizhny Novgorod) in September 2022.