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<article xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/" article-type="research-article" dtd-version="1.2" xml:lang="en"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">RUDN Journal of Political Science</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title xml:lang="en">RUDN Journal of Political Science</journal-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>Вестник Российского университета дружбы народов. Серия: Политология</trans-title></trans-title-group></journal-title-group><issn publication-format="print">2313-1438</issn><issn publication-format="electronic">2313-1446</issn><publisher><publisher-name xml:lang="en">Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia named after Patrice Lumumba (RUDN University)</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">31857</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.22363/2313-1438-2022-24-3-562-572</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="en"><subject>POLITICAL POLARIZATION AND INTERNET PROTEST</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="ru"><subject>ПОЛИТИЧЕСКАЯ ПОЛЯРИЗАЦИЯ И ИНТЕРНЕТ-ПРОТЕСТ</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="article-type"><subject>Research Article</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title xml:lang="en">Living with COVID-19: Opportunities for the Usual Socio-Political Life in an Unusual Situation</article-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>Жизнь в условиях COVID-19: новые возможности для обычной общественно-политической жизни в необычной ситуации</trans-title></trans-title-group></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5857-3595</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Pastarmadzhieva</surname><given-names>Daniela Dobreva</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Пастармаджиева</surname><given-names>Даниела Добрева</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="en"><p>PhD in Political Science, Associate Professor at the Department of Political Sciences and National Security</p></bio><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>кандидат политических наук, доцент кафедры политических наук и национальной безопасности</p></bio><email>daniela.pastarmadzhieva@uni-plovdiv.bg</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1094-6356</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Angelova</surname><given-names>Mina Nikolaeva</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Ангелова</surname><given-names>Мина Николаева</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="en"><p>PhD in Economics and Management, Associate Professor of Management and Quantitative Methods in Economics</p></bio><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>кандидат экономических наук, доцент кафедры менеджмента и количественных методов в экономике</p></bio><email>mina.angelova@uni-plovdiv.bg</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/></contrib></contrib-group><aff-alternatives id="aff1"><aff><institution xml:lang="en">University of Plovdiv Paisii Hilendarski</institution></aff><aff><institution xml:lang="ru">Пловдивский университет Паисия Хилендарского</institution></aff></aff-alternatives><pub-date date-type="pub" iso-8601-date="2022-09-07" publication-format="electronic"><day>07</day><month>09</month><year>2022</year></pub-date><volume>24</volume><issue>3</issue><issue-title xml:lang="en">Internet and Politics</issue-title><issue-title xml:lang="ru">Интернет и политика</issue-title><fpage>562</fpage><lpage>572</lpage><history><date date-type="received" iso-8601-date="2022-09-07"><day>07</day><month>09</month><year>2022</year></date></history><permissions><copyright-statement xml:lang="en">Copyright ©; 2022, Pastarmadzhieva D.D., Angelova M.N.</copyright-statement><copyright-statement xml:lang="ru">Copyright ©; 2022, Пастармаджиева Д.Д., Ангелова М.Н.</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2022</copyright-year><copyright-holder xml:lang="en">Pastarmadzhieva D.D., Angelova M.N.</copyright-holder><copyright-holder xml:lang="ru">Пастармаджиева Д.Д., Ангелова М.Н.</copyright-holder><ali:free_to_read xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/"/><license><ali:license_ref xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/">https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0</ali:license_ref></license></permissions><self-uri xlink:href="https://journals.rudn.ru/political-science/article/view/31857">https://journals.rudn.ru/political-science/article/view/31857</self-uri><abstract xml:lang="en"><p style="text-align: justify;">The COVID-19 pandemic stressed national and international systems and relations and demonstrated the vulnerability of modern societies. The governments were forced to implement restrictive measures in order to protect public health. The most challenging aspect was balancing between public health protection and the functioning of the economy. As this wasn’t easy to reach, some of the governments faced challenges in communicating with the society, resulting in protests. Under these brand-new challenges, the protests only made the task of the governments harder and threatened to harm the fragile political stability. Thus, the aim of the current study is to identify the problems related to the communication between the society and the government and to identify the possible solutions for ensuring the dialogue in such situations. The study focuses on EU citizens and their attitudes toward government measures related to the pandemic in 2020 and 2021. Our materials and methods include review of scientific literature on the topics under considerations. We also performed a secondary processing of quantitative data from Eurobarometer using IBM SPSS v. 26. The results show that the measures limiting civil liberties lead to social tension even if the governments adapt their approach and search for new opportunities. This leads to the conclusion that in order to ensure the normal functioning of the social systems the governments should find ways to include the stakeholders in the decision-making. The latter is possible through digital tools and by developing a system to be implemented in times of crises even if the crisis is not caused by pandemics.</p></abstract><trans-abstract xml:lang="ru"><p style="text-align: justify;">Пандемия COVID-19 поставила под удар многие национальные и международные системы и отношения и продемонстрировала, насколько уязвимы общества. Правительства были вынуждены принять ограничительные меры в целях защиты общественного здравоохранения. Наиболее сложным аспектом было достижение баланса между охраной общественного здравоохранения и функционированием экономики. Поскольку этой цели было достичь нелегко, некоторые правительства столкнулись с проблемами в коммуникации с обществом вплоть до протестов. В условиях совершенно нового вызова протесты усложнили задачу правительств и грозили нанести ущерб хрупкой политической стабильности. Цель настоящего исследования заключается в выявлении проблем, связанных с коммуникацией между обществом и правительством, и определении возможного решения для обеспечения диалога в таких ситуациях. Объектом исследования являются граждане государств - членов ЕС, и в центре внимания находится их отношение к правительственным мерам, связанным с пандемией в 2020 и 2021 гг. Наши материалы и методы включают обзор научной литературы, посвященной этим темам. Параллельно мы провели вторичную обработку количественных данных Евробарометра с использованием IBM SPSS v. 26. Результаты показывают, что меры, ограничивающие гражданские свободы, приводят к социальной напряженности, даже если правительства адаптируют свой подход и ищут новые возможности. Это приводит к выводу, что для обеспечения нормального функционирования социальных систем правительствам следует найти способ вовлечения заинтересованных сторон в процесс принятия решений. Последнее возможно с помощью цифровых инструментов и разработки системы, которая будет внедряться во время кризисов, даже если этот кризис не вызван пандемиями.</p></trans-abstract><kwd-group xml:lang="en"><kwd>COVID-19</kwd><kwd>political stability</kwd><kwd>Eurobarometer</kwd><kwd>digital solutions</kwd><kwd>digitalization</kwd></kwd-group><kwd-group xml:lang="ru"><kwd>COVID-19</kwd><kwd>политическая стабильность</kwd><kwd>Евробарометр</kwd><kwd>цифровые решения</kwd><kwd>цифровизация</kwd></kwd-group><funding-group><award-group><funding-source><institution-wrap><institution xml:lang="ru">Статья является частью научного проекта № KP-06-DK-2/7/2021, выполняемого при поддержке Национального научного фонда Болгарии.</institution></institution-wrap><institution-wrap><institution xml:lang="en">The paper is part of a project № KP-06-DK-2/7/2021, funded by Bulgarian National Science Fund.</institution></institution-wrap></funding-source></award-group></funding-group></article-meta></front><body></body><back><ref-list><ref id="B1"><label>1.</label><mixed-citation>Burns, L. 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