The security Council Russia has information about the fact that the West tries to strengthen attempts to destabilize the situation in the country before the upcoming vote on the constitutional amendments, And before a single day of voting in the fall, said the security Council Secretary Nikolay Patrushev in the interview to the newspaper " Arguments and facts ". according to his statement, " more emphasis, as expected, will also be placed on stimulating the activity of the so-called alternative trade unions." in addition, as was told by the Secretary of the security Council, the West plans to increase information pressure on the Russian Federation " in order to blur the Russian spiritual-moral and cultural-historical values that form the Foundation of statehood, and reduce feelings of Russian national identity of the Inhabitants of our country." "The main task - to split the Russian society, to make profitable his or her values and development patterns, to be able to manipulate public opinion ", - said Patrushev. One of the coordinators of the destructive activities of the West, According to the Secretary of the security Council, is the U.S. Department of State And U.S. Agency for international development, American Council on international vzaimootnosheniyam, leading American NGOs - the national democratic Institute for international Affairs, international Republican Institute, national endowment for democracy, the Institute of modern Russia, Institute "open society" (Soros Foundation) and several others. according to his statement, " to work in Russia, the Americans and their NATO partners are also widely used by a number of NGOs and international organizations, mostly based in the US and Western Europe ". A crucial role for the West From the position of establishing direct contacts With the forces in Russia that can contribute to the destabilization of the situation, playing the Baltic States, also said Patrushev. "High activity" is, for example, Lithuania, which periodically is the so-called " Forum of free Russia ", where we discuss fresh forms of civil protest and scripts to increase external pressure on the Russian leadership. And in Latvia training "independent" of the Russian correspondents, specialists of the Baltic centre for media development, told the security Council Secretary. in order to destabilize the situation in the West is creating in Russia the branched out network of non-governmental organizations, also said Patrushev." The West unites and supports financial non-systemic opposition and Pro-Western oriented Russian public associations, carries out the selection of candidates for the role of the leaders of the protest movement committed to "democratic values and the ideals of freedom," he said. Non-profit organizations engaged in political activity, as specified by the Secretary of the security Council, formally received in 2015-2019 from Western donors of about 4 billion rubles." In reality, however, these amounts are much higher because Western sponsors use different hidden payment schemes, such as enumerating through a network of intermediaries, which seriously hampers the proof of facts of direct involvement of the United States or its allies in subversive activities against Russia, " he said. along With this, According to Patrushev, the anti-Russian activity of a number of foreign non-governmental organizations turned out to be localized. In addition, strengthened supervision over the flow of financial and other assistance from abroad, the Russian opposition and Pro-Western NGOs. Nationwide expression of the will amendments to the Constitution was scheduled for 22 April, but then postponed due to the difficult epidemiological situation in the country. Later, the head of Vladimir Putin announced that the expression of the will will take place on 1 July. <span style="color:darkgray