The phenomenon of political conflict as a threat to interethnic concord in the municipality

The article provides a brief analysis of interethnic and interconfessional interaction in Khabarovsk Krai. Based on the data of the sociological monitoring conducted in 2019-2020, the authors assess the public opinion and the possible risks of conflicts in the considered environment. The authors also analyze the increase in protest activity in large municipalities of the region and give recommendations for regulating the interethnic situation, based on the data obtained from the focus groups’ results.