The emergence of Russia as a democratic, legal and federal state entailed many transformations in politics, society and other areas. It took a complete reassessment of the country's interests in the new conditions, its participation in a market economy and other processes taking place in the world.
The existence of both the state and its citizens today is under the influence of a wide range of threats. It was in connection with this that the Concept of National Security of the
Russian Federation was approved in December 1997
. In January 2000, it was edited by the President of the country. This document reflects the strategic objectives and priorities facing politicians and directing their actions regarding ensuring the security of the nation both from internal threats and from external ones.
Document structure
The concept of national security of the Russian Federation includes four sections:
The first of them characterizes the position of Russia in the world; the place it will take after the era of biopolar confrontation ends is determined. It also identifies the prevailing trends in the world, focusing primarily on the unification of countries on many issues, on strengthening their political and economic positions. This part of the document also develops its own position regarding the creation of such international relations in which Western countries will dominate, and the United States of America will remain the leader .
This structure is designed to solve problems arising in the world mainly by military forces, and it is supposed to bypass official legal norms. Of course, Russia will not remain aloof. On most security issues, its interests coincide with those of other states.
The second section defines the interests of Russia as a nation. Based on them, long-term goals and objectives of state policy are set. The concept of national security of the Russian Federation clarifies the content of these interests, limiting them to the following areas: information, economic, social, domestic, military, international, environmental and border.
The third section lists the threats facing the country and those areas of life that they subsequently affect. Most of them first affect social life: society is stratified into beggars and rich, unemployment is growing. The concept of national security of the Russian Federation emphasizes the deterioration of the environmental situation, the depletion of biological resources. This situation is due to the constant development of industry and the absence of laws that determine the use of technologies that conserve resources.
Such moments as the lack of supervision by the state, inefficient economic and legal mechanisms are characteristic not only for the environment, but also for other areas of life.
In the fourth section, the Concept of National Security of the Russian Federation defines the specific tasks that politicians face:
- the need to timely predict possible threats and identify them;
- The formation of friendly relations between all peoples;
- change of legislation;
- improvement of the work of local government, etc.
The work of the country's security subsystems
The concept of national security of Russia is formed on the basis of an analysis of problems that occur in a certain period. Therefore, the creation of this document requires very painstaking work of state information centers and non-state subsystems that ensure the country's security. A set of measures taken in this direction should be supported not only by the state, but also by the people.