Abstract: This article is devoted to the analysis of the new edition of the National Security Strategy of the Russian Federation, approved by Presidential Decree from December 31, 2015. The object of study is the national security of the Russian Federation; while the subject of research is the new challenges and threats to national security of the Russian Federation, as well as the form, methods and trends of its provision. The purpose of this study consists in giving a comprehensive assessment of the new strategy of ensuring Russia's national security in relation to the current foreign policy situation, and analyze the nature and content of the new challenges and threats (such as the color revolutions, new forms of international terrorism, hybrid war) first mentioned in the new edition of this Strategy. The methodological basis of the study is the systematic, structural and functional, comparative political approaches, methods of analysis, synthesis, induction, deduction, observation. The new National Security Strategy revision of the Russian Federation dating back to December 31, 2015 represents a fundamental (doctrinal) strategic planning document policy of the Russian Federation in the sphere of ensuring the security of individuals, society and the state, in which the aforementioned goals and tasks, directions and priorities of foreign and domestic policy of Russia in security are  formulated; in the prescribed order, in accordance with the internal hierarchy represented by the national interests of Russia, threats and challenges of e security, including new, not previously included in the scope of attention similar documents are presented: new types of network of international terrorism, the color revolutions, coups, hybrid war. This makes this strategy an extremely precise document containing not only the exact (from a legal and factual point of view) assessments of the causes of Ukrainian crisis, Syrian civil war, and international terrorist alliance led by ISIL, but also the role of the color revolutions in these processes, and the ideological evaluation and orientation that formulate the objective image of the world.

Keywords: political regime, socio-political processes, global instability, international relations, Russia, geopolitics, interests, state, sequrity, risks

Abstract: This article is dedicated to the analysis of the trilateral relations in format of Russia – India – China “triangle”. Despite certain successes in the relations between the aforementioned nations, there are serious issues of economic and political nature, which hinder the full-fledged cooperation on the trilateral basis. In addition to that, it must be considered that the external actors represented by the European Union and the United States also pursue their own interests. This work makes an attempt to systematize the existing controversies and give them an objective assessment. The author uses the position of the modern school of political neorealism as the foundation of the theoretical-methodological approach. Within the framework of the analysis of relations in Russia – India – China “triangle”, were determined the main approaches of the countries towards bilateral and multilateral collaboration in the context of the “triangle” system, as well as the hidden factors affected the changes in behavior within it. The conclusion is made that the “triangle” is not equilateral, but rather Isosceles with the unstable base in form of the relations between India and China; Russia, India, and China have a number of controversies, which are also expressed in different rates of economic development.

Keywords: cooperation, strategic interests, SCO, BRICS, China, India, Russia, balance of power, globalization, multilateral diplomacy

Abstract: The article explores the place of the United States in NATO and the contractual cooperation with the European Union on combating terrorism. The author pays special attention to the peculiarities of the American legal understanding of the phenomenon of terrorism, which cause specificity conduct counter-terrorism within the framework of NATO and the complexity of the relationship between the EU and the United States on international security issues. This study is based on the use of structural-functional approach, which allows setting the general and special in approaches towards the formation of the US, EU, and NATO counter-terrorism policies. The following conclusions were made: the author underlines tha there is a trend of presentation of the phenomenon of terrorism in both, NATO and US legal system, which requires military action. It is noted that NATO, as a military alliance, is not adjusted to the professional legal counteraction and investigation of terrorist crimes. In this regard, the author concludes that the appropriate participation of this organization in the sphere of anti-terrorism appears only as a local entity in relieving of the acute political crisis. The European Union, unlike the United States, demonstrates the opinion that terrorism is rather the phenomenon of criminal-legal norms than the question of the political struggle at the state level. The significant conceptual differences are determined between the EU and the US regarding counter-terrorism actions.

Keywords: Terror threat, International anti-terrorism legislation, International humanitarian law, Political violence, International crime, European Union, NATO, United States, Terrorism, International security

Abstract: The subject of this research is the work of the manufacturers of food products and its influence upon provision of food security of the Russian Federation. It is substantiated that the primary object of the innovation activity of food manufacturers in the conditions of strong competition, growing demands of the consumers, as well as increase in external limitations and threats that hinder the development of the Russian food market, the quality of these goods is the crucial factor of their competitive ability. This research is aimed at determinations of the status and trends of the innovation activity of food manufacturers and prerequisites for its activation in the aspect of achievement of food security in Russia at the present stage. The characteristics is given to the influence of innovation upon provision of the quality of the produced goods in manufacturing country. The author analyzes the trends of innovation activity of the local manufacturers of food products. It is demonstrated that the provision of food security of the country is impeded by the low portion of innovation products in overall volume of products produced in the country, and also the emerging trend in decrease of the volume of technological innovations into the quality of these products, primarily in costs for research and development, as well as acquisition of the equipment. It is determined that the main driver in increasing the level of innovativeness and scientific capacity of the Russian food products lies in the process of import substitution that is intended to ensure high efficiency of the domestic production of the quality and competitive food products. The author highlights that the negative trend consists in decrease of the consumer ability of the country’s population regarding the food products. The essential task of the state economic policy in the area of ensuring food security of Russia consists in development of the effective measures that allow overcoming the existing negative trends,  as well as turn import substitution into a mechanism, which is able to activate the innovation activity of food manufacturers towards the improvement of its quality and competitive performance, and thus, increase the food security of the country.

Keywords: competitiveness, import substitution, development strategy, food security, quality, innovation activities, efficiency, domestic manufacturer, scientific capacity, agriculture

Abstract: The subject of this research is the normative-legal content of the notion of “crime of terrorist nature”. The analysis of the current legislation demonstrated that it is difficult to precisely assert which crimes are referred to as the “crimes of terrorist nature”. The aforementioned concept is revealed in the Federal Law “On Counteraction of Terrorism”, in which the normative-legal content of the terms “terrorist”, “terrorist activity”, and “terrorist act” carry a descriptive character without reference to precise compositions of crimes provided by the Criminal Code. The author underlines that in fact “terrorist activity” in the presented by a legislator formulation can contain crimes of extremist nature, as well as administrative offences. The author concludes that in the Criminal Code in the articles of special part that stipulate the responsibility for terrorist activity, the legislator provides the lists of crimes; however, these lists of crime in the criminal-legal regard carry an open character, and can be amended depending on their various interpretation. At the same time, for determination of a circle of crimes that requires the anti-terrorist counteractions by the law enforcement authorities, as well as formation of statistical reports, the Decree of The Prosecutor General's Office of the Russian Federation and the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation N 65/11/1 from January 2, 2016 is applied; however, this order is considered as the bylaw normative legal act. For the target counteraction to terrorism, it is required to codify the list of the compositions of crimes that excludes their various interpretation.

Keywords: facilitating terrorist activity, hostage-taking, the concept of counter-terrorism, terrorist crimes, terrorist acts, terrorist activities, terrorism, countering extremist activity, money laundering, terrorism financing

Abstract: The subject of this research is the combination of legislative norms of the Russian Federation and some foreign countries that regulate the legal status of subjects of the state secret legal regime. The goal of this work consists in examination of peculiarities of the legal status of the state classified information regime within the system of special legal regimes of the limited access information based on the comprehensive analysis of legislation, including the types of subjects, their rights and responsibilities. Special attention is given to the collision aspects of legislation regarding the state secret in the aspect of subjects of the state secret legal regime. The main conclusions of the conducted research lie in the following: the established discrepancies of the titles of a number of Articles of the Russian Law  “On State Secret” and their content’’; presence of the allowed in special order subjects, which are not reflected in the norms of the aforementioned law; existence of the number of unsolved issues regarding the limitation of rights of a civilian with clearance to the state classified information.  

Keywords: state classified information, legal regime of the information, secret, privacy, information of limited access, information law, legal status of the subject, admission, access, limitation of rights

Abstract: The subject of this research is the positions of norms of the Russian criminal legislation that stipulate responsibility for the illegal arms trafficking, as well as the materials of judicial practice associated with implementation of these norms. The object of this research is the public relations, which emerge in committing crimes in the area of illegal arms trafficking. The author carefully examines the efficiency of implementation of the Articles 222,223, and 226 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation. Special attention is given to the difficulties of qualification, which face the law enforcement authorities in realization of the aforementioned articles. The author notes that one of the problems of qualification of actions of an individual in accordance with the Article 222 of the CCRF consists in the various interpretation of the content of the objective aspect of the illegal storage and bearing of weapon. The Decree of Plenum of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation signifies the rules for qualification of actions of an individual in the long-term bearing of arms. It is also highlighted that the controversial moment in qualification of crimes committed using weapon or object used as a weapon lies also pertains to gas pistols. The author concludes that significant gap of the current legislation consists in the absence of criminal responsibility for the theft of weapons, as well as quantitative criteria regarding bearing of weapons, which comprises the subject of crimes in accordance with the Articles 222, 223, and 226 of the CCRF.  

Keywords: Subject of crime, Objective side, Criminal responsibility, Qualification, Public safety, Counteraction, Illegal trafficking, Weapons, Crime, Criminal law

Abstract:   This article gives the criminal-legal characteristics to the inducement, recruitment, and other involvement of an individual as the alternative actions of the objective side of organization of the extremist community (Part 1.1, Article 282.1 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation). Neither the criminal law nor the normative acts of other branches of law reveal the content of the notions of “inducement”, “recruitment”, and “involvement”. Therefore, the aforementioned notions are rather evaluative; their content is not defined by the law or a normative act, but rather specified by the legal practitioner based on the practical circumstances of the criminal case. The author suggests that based on the correlation between extremism and terrorism, the legislator planned the disposition of the Part 1.1 of the Article 282.1 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation as the “mirror” disposition of the corresponding Part of the Article 205.1 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation. However, despite the similarities of their textual interpretation, the perusal of dispositions of the corresponding articles of the CCRF allows making a conclusion that their conceptual content is diverse. The author notes that the Part 1.1 of the Article 282.1 of the CCRF criminalized the action of an individual aimed at the increase in the number of members of the already existing extremist community, and realization of the first stage of committing a crime that consists in preparation for the crime. The author makes specific propositions regarding the improvement of the current version of disposition of the Part 1.1 of the Article 282.1 of the CCRF.  

Keywords: crimes of extremist nature, Supreme Court, instigator, recruitment, involvement, inducement, extremist community, extremism, drugs, psychotropic drugs

Abstract: Currently there has not established the precise understanding of the essence of economic security of a region, which is explained by the specific-local regional processes that form and affect the economic security. The goal of this research consists in development of theoretical positions for determination and substantiation of the components that form the logical structure of the category “economic security of a region”. The subject of this research is the combination of factors influencing the establishment of the logical structure of economic security of a region from the perspective of the actor-object relations. The author examines the questions of economic security of a region, considering the hierarchical levels of the socio-economic system of Russia. The main results of the conducted research include the substantiation of the combination of factors and components, which form the economic security of a region and serve as the foundation in future assessment of economic security of a region. The research of the logical structure of economic security of a region encompasses the assessment and explanation of the components, conditions, and factors forming the safe, compatible, and sustainable development of the region.

Keywords: Sustainable development, Compatibility of the region, Efficiency of the economy, Innovations, Threats, Meso- level, Structure of economic security, National security, Economic security of a region, Economic security

Abstract: The subject of this research is the assessment of the effect of international migration of population upon security of the bordering regions of Russia, as well as formulation of the practical recommendations regarding strengthening of national security in the conditions of geopolitical changes that explain the increase of the socio-economic risks in Russia, and the European migration crisis. The relevance of this work is associated with another outburst of migration activity among the population of Asian and North African regions. The author analyzes the socio-economic and demographic indexes of territorial development, as well as level of crime among the migrants, and opportunities of using the work experience of the noncommercial organizations. The research was conducted based on the statistical, economic, and institutional analysis of the current migration processes in Russian regions (on the example of the Northwestern Federal District). The scientific novelty consists in scientific substantiation of the improvement of institutional practices of ensuring socio-economic security of the Russian regions. In the period of intensification of the migration processes at the external borders of Russia, it is suggested to complement the possibilities of the specialized ministries and departments with resources of the noncommercial (public, religious), and other organizations.

Keywords: Federal migration service, Institutions, Terrorism, Crime, Migration crisis, Noncommercial organizations, Republic of Karelia, Regions, National security, Migration

Abstract: The subject of this article is the attraction of citizens and their associations to participate in provision of national security of the Russian Federation. The author analyzes the nature of the current military threats and dangers, especially their occurrence and distribution in the observed geopolitical situation, as well as specificity of activity of the terrorist organizations in the information space. The work presents the experience of foreign countries in attraction of institutions of civil society towards participation in insurance of the information security of the country, which may be relevant in daily activities or during the electoral period. The article establishes the basic direction in participation of civil society in ensuring the information security of the Russian Federation in the information-psychological sphere, as well as expresses proposals regarding the promising fields in the work of public organizations of patriotic or other social and political orientation. The author reveals the concept, content and forms of e-democracy as the countermeasures for the information threats to the country, as well as gives characteristics to the role of public control in this regard.  

Keywords: E-democracy, Public control, Elections, Social conflict, Terrorism, Extremism, Threat, Civil society, Participation, National security

Abstract: The object of this research is the victims of terrorism, while the subject is the classification of the victims of terrorism. The authors rejects the confined criminological interpretation of the notion of “victims of terrorism”, as well as the corresponding attempts of their typologization and classification. The term “victims of terrorism” is examined considering the semiotic and etymological nuances of its conceptual content. Due to the complexity of the notion of “terrorism” itself, in classification of the victims of terrorism, the author gives particular attention to the terrifying factor of the influence of terrorism as the crucial in determination of peculiarities of the victims of terrorism. The scientific novelty consists in the author’s attempt to suggest the original classification of the victims of terrorism. In the proposed classification, the author highlights such imperative systemic aspects as the “victims of terrorism”, “victims the terrorist acts”, “victims of terrorist propaganda”, and “victims of terrorophobia a”, as well as gives their general characteristics. The article formulates the original hypothesis of establishment of the “Stockholm syndrome” under the influence of the families and relatives of the terrorist acts.

Keywords: structural-functional analysis, power of terror, victims of terrorist acts, terrorophobia, terror, classification, victims of terrorism, Victimology, terrorist propaganda, interdisciplinary approach