title: ETHNO-CULTURAL ACTIVITIES OF THE RUSSIAN DIASPORA AS AN "UMBRELLA" FOR PROMOTION OF POLITICAL INTERESTS OF RUSSIAN FEDERATION AND INTERNAL THREAT TO UKRAINE
abstract: The ethnocultural activity of the Russian diaspora in Ukraine is analyzed in this article. The analysis shows that the political component is decisive in the activities of most pro-Russian NGOs and some members of the Russian diaspora in Ukraine. It was found that the ethnocultural activity of the numerous Russian diaspora organizations created in Ukraine by the Russian authorities, declared in normative legal documents, actually serves as a kind of "umbrella" to cover their political work among
journal: Almanac of Ukrainian Studies