Terminological aspects of modern Russian language policy

Issues of language policy are constantly relevant for any state, including Russia, which is a multinational country as stated officially. According to the current constitution, the Russian language is the state language of the Russian Federation; amendments to the 2020 Basic Law have finally and justly established the state-forming status of the Russian people. Naturally, the current speech-communicative processes in different spheres of life of society give rise to various conflicts. This also applies to the field of official communication - lawmaking, law enforcement, legal procedures, etc. Therefore, the sporadic attention of the authorities to the use of the Russian language as a state language is understandable. This was the key in the agenda of the meeting of the Russian Language Council, held on November 5, 2019 under the personal chairmanship of the President Vladimir V. Putin. However, the meeting participants did not pay due attention to a number of rather obvious problems that arise in this regard. Among them are, in particular, the pressing tasks of clearly differentiating stable varieties of the use of the national language and their normative labelling, some methodological principles of practical lexicography, probable linguodidactic innovations and specific forms of their implementation; finally, issues of juridical linguistics and of legal nature. The purpose of the article is to analyze the terminological aspect of language policy in Russia. As a result, it is obvious that the term “state language” should be filled with a clear conceptual content. This will also strengthen its place in the public consciousness.