Кулаков Е.Б.

The article raises the issues of the formation of a long-term national policy in Russia, which determines the coordination of the activities of the state authorities and local government and their interaction with civil society institutions. The purpose of the article is to examine the historical aspects of the developing national relations in the Russian Federation and the current stage of their implementation, with particular reference to the activities of national public organi- zations at the regional level. The article specifies that there is a reasonably stable situation with regard to international or interethnic relations in the Voronezh region, but there are a number of ethnical conflict factors that can change this situation. There is a need to develop legal and regulatory frameworks that establishes the nature and sets out the main directions of interethnic interaction in the region.