Alexander Zapesotsky, a Russian academic, says regarding Article 13 of the Russian Constitution: "No ideology whatsoever should be treated as a state or as an ideology that must be obeyed." This is a strange thing to say, as such a restriction is in itself an ideology. Ideology is a system of ideals, values, attitudes and beliefs. How can a country have no goals? How can officials lack ideals, values, attitudes and beliefs in their institutions?
Democracy, Constitutionalism and Cosmopolitanism, are the ideological elements of the Constitution
Liberalism, constitutionalism and cosmopolitanism make up the ideology behind the constitution. Russia must act in the spirit of the Charter of the United Nations, which begins by stating, "We the people of the United Nations..." and shift its axis of reference from sovereignty based on the country to sovereignty of "people." Liberalism, constitutionalism and cosmopolitanism mean that people-centered security is no longer seen as a purely domestic matter. A constitution is a document which hands overall command of the government to the people, thereby ensuring that "human security" will be the most basic obligation of public officials. For details see the Charter for Permanent Peace and Development.
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