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This article defines the conditions that can ensure the social security of the population of a multiethnic region in the context of the constant transformation of world socio-political and economic interactions. The authors provide a comprehensive theoretical analysis of the social security as a phenomenon characteristic of a democratic state structure. The analysis of the methodology allowed determining its potential through a system of measures implemented by the state to protect the interests of citizens; identifying a range of problems that hinder the reduction of tension in the region; summarizing experience on studying existing measures aimed at overcoming them and ensuring the possibility of self-realization of residents of the region and minimizing various risks. The results of an empirical study of the level of social tension and conflict in the Altai Territory, conducted in 2018-2019, helped to identify a number of problems that prevent the population from feeling protected from various threats associated, first of all, with dissatisfaction with the socio-economic situation and the lack of confidence in the ability of citizens themselves to influence the situation in the region. This study allowed diagnosing the need to create certain conditions aimed at ensuring the safety of the inhabitants of the region. These conditions are associated with the need to stabilize the socio-economic situation in the region by taking measures aimed at creating an attractive environment for the younger generation. It was also determined that in the region the level of trust in state bodies is reduced and the political passivity of the population is observed, which negatively affects the development of social responsibility and mutual understanding between the authorities and society. Based on the results of the study, the article formulates a number of conditions, the use of which can change the situation with the provision of social protection of the region’s population for the better.

This article studies the phenomenon of social protest in the Altai Territory. The authors present the data from a sociological study on this issue conducted in 2018-2020. The main method of empirical research was a survey of the population in various territories of the region, which revealed the real and potential level of protest activity of citizens. This article considers the process of formation and development of protest as a special form of social conflict, studying the influence of a complex of factors on the formation of protest moods, as well as the real protest behavior of the population. The authors show the social nature of protest, which is based on contradictions in the interests of various social groups in the regional society. In the authors’ understanding, the protest behavior is represented as individual or collective actions of subjects demonstrating dissatisfaction with the existing situation in society. The significance of the research lies in the understanding of social protest as a form of conflict. This article deals with problems related to various scientific interpretations of the essence and content of social protest, traditional and non-classical methodological approaches to determining its essence and content. Attention is paid to the functions of protest, the constructive orientation of some protest actions of civil activists, and the extent to which the protest behavior of the population affects various aspects of the life of the regional society. In the course of the research, the following components of social protest in the region were analyzed: the real and potential level; causes; and the forms of manifestation, among others. As it turned out in the course of the study, social protest actions in regional society are one-time and situational in nature, and they can be prevented and regulated. The authors conclude that the lack of effective mechanisms for managing the protest behavior of social actors in regional society can lead to the most unfavorable social consequences — an increased conflict between different levels of subjects, increased tension, aggravation of social problems and other crisis phenomena in society. The conclusions are also formulated, according to which the reason for the protest is the rejection of certain subjects of the current social situation in society, dissatisfaction with various aspects of their life.