Dmitriy G. Vasilevich

The article focuses on the constitutional changes in the Russian Federation and the Republic of Belarus, aimed at the protection of spiritual and moral values. It is concluded that in the current conditions there is a clear retreat in Western countries from the recognition of the absolute nature of personal (inalienable) rights, and, on the contrary, the adoption of legal measures to limit them and even to establish responsibility for those actions that do not fit into the formed mainstream, which is confirmed by the facts of discrimination on the basis of nationality, use of native language, restrictions on freedom of religion, freedom of movement, as well as property rights and others. The author consolidates with the position of those scholars who believe that values are the highest level of social regulation, the basis for the development of personality and maintenance of legal order in society. Attention is drawn to the similarity of the new constitutional norms of the Russian Federation and the Republic of Belarus in terms of strengthening traditional family values, the formation of respect for the feat of arms of the people during the Great Patriotic War, the need to honor the memory of the defenders of the Fatherland, to ensure the protection of historical truth and others. The analysis of amendments and additions to the constitutions of the Russian Federation and the Republic of Belarus convinces us of the desire of our states to preserve the basic constitutional values, to strengthen them, to provide for measures aimed at preventing emerging threats to the unity of society and the erosion of public consciousness.