Value-Based and Legal Aspects of Development of State & Confessions Relations, Theology, and Religious Education: on the 30th Anniversary of the Council for Coordination with Religious Organizations under the President of the Russian Federation

An important area of the policy of the Russian Federation on relations between the state and confessions is coordinating different religious traditions exercised in the country throughout its centuries-long history, and ensuring full participation of religious organizations in the life of society and the state. One of the coordinating bodies is the advisory body established under the Presidential Administration – Council for Coordination with Religious Organizations under the President of the Russian Federation. The article examines the work of this body, which in recent years has served as a forum for developing important decisions related to the value-ideological aspect of the strategic planning documents of the Russian Federation; these include the Decree of the Russian President dated November 9, 2022 No. 809 "On Approval of Fundamentals of State Policy for Preservation and Fostering Traditional Russian Spiritual and Moral Values". At the Council’s recommendation, theology was listed on the scientific classifier of the Russian Foundation for Basic Research at the end of 2019, which then provided an opportunity to hold a profile competition at the RFBR.