Review: The object of this research is the legislation in the field of patriotic education as a social phenomenon that is important for normal existence and further development of the society. The subject of this research is the state of legislation in the field of patriotic education in modern Russian society and directions for its improvement. The relevance of rapid improvement of legislation in the sphere of patriotic education increases. According to the statistical data for eight years, the number of the convicted of offences against the foundations of constitutional system and homeland security has grown by more than six times. The scientific novelty consists in the analysis of the vectors of improving legislation pertinent to patriotic education. The author provides the statistical information that confirms the relevance of the study. This article is first to identify the issues existing in the indicated sphere. The concept of “Constitutional Patriotism” developed by J. Habermas is examined. The main conclusion lies the statement that the implementation of this concept settles the question of correlation between the patriotic ideology and the positions of the Article 32 of the Constitution of the Russian Federation.  

Keywords: the program of Patriotic education, crimes against state, Patriotic test, law on patriotism, constitutional patriotism, Patriotic education, patriotism, the Model law, principle of patriotism, the effectiveness of Patriotic education

Review: The object of this research is the phenomenon of nationalism, while the subject is the concept and types of nationalism. The social nature of nationalism and its theoretical interpretation is examined through the perspective of a number of Western scholars. The author explores the various approaches towards understanding of the content of nationalism; describes types of nationalism and terms of its emergence; reveals the key features of nationalism, as well as the impact of historical and cultural context upon its theoretical substantiation. The guises of nationalism as a doctrine, political activity, and combination of feelings are considered. Methodological foundation includes the dialectical principles of objectivity, systematicity and comprehensiveness of research that allow analyzing the phenomenon of nationalism. The article contains the following elements of scientific novelty: 1) nationalism is referred to a number of occurrences that are ambiguous in their social nature and consequences; 2) depending on the specificity of social context, nationalism can be used by the ethnic communities as a tool for solving multiple problems.

Keywords: industrialism, nationalist movement, patriotism, ethnic renaissance, national feeling, national consciousness, identity, nationalism, economic inequality, globalisation

Review: This article examines the question on possibilities of application of the methods of criminological forecasting with regards to organization of anti-corruption measures and ensuring national security. The author describes the existing methods of criminological forecasting – extrapolation, modelling, and expert evaluation; determines their flaws consisting in the impossibility of calculating the factor of latency in criminal statistics, low level of validity of the initial statistical data, low degree of certainty of the results, as well as subjectivity of forecasting. The conclusion is made on the need for implementing the data of monitoring corruption in criminological forecasting and comprehensive application of the indicated methods. The scientific novelty lies in identification of the merits and demerits of the various methods of criminological forecasting; assessment of potential implementation in the Russian criminology of the neural network for modelling and forecasting corruption, based on the economic and political factors; proposal of the data monitoring system for development of the most accurate forecasting of corruption crime.  

Keywords: criminal statistics, a method of expert estimations, modeling, extrapolation, methods of criminological prediction, corruption, national security, complex application, neural model, monitoring corruption

Review: The goal of this article lies in the analysis of main development trends of hi-tech production in various countries of the world, as well as in the theoretical substantiation of the vectors of research and development of the country due to the growing value of innovative products. The author explores the prerequisites of the relevance of growing importance of the development of hi-tech production for the national economies, particularly the increase of GDP and competitive recovery of the country at the global markets. The study determines the key aspects of the Fourth Industrial Revolution; as well as substantiates the need for regular monitoring of the indexes that reflect the state and level of development of the hi-tech industries worldwide. For positioning separate countries in the global technological space in relation to the key players within it, the author frames the correlation-regression model of weight of the portion of the hi-tech production in the GDP structure. The model ensures the possibility of forecasting changes of the contribution of hi-tech production in GDP of the country due to variation of indexes of the research and development activity. The author proposes the chain model for creation of  value of the hi-tech products considering the institutional means of assuring research and development advancement and ensuring execution of the functions of strategic management of the research and development advancement on different levels of management (international, national and local).

Keywords: economy competitiveness, strategic management, correlation model, scientific activity indicators, the economic growth, high tech innovation, high-tech production, customer value, scientific research, high-tech Value Model

Review: This article presents the original approach towards understanding the problem of optimization of the mechanism of ensuring national security in the Russian Federation. The authors demonstrate the main trends in optimization of the mechanism of ensuring national security of the Russian Federation that include the improvement of legislation (elimination of collisions, faults, gaps, etc.) and enactment of new laws, as well as increasing performance of the subjects of this mechanism, including through enhancing coordination and interaction  between the corresponding authorities and entities. The article carries a theoretical-legal conceptual character and represents a comprehensive research aimed at establishment of common patterns of optimization of the mechanism of ensuring national security in accordance with the main vectors of such. The results of this work, reflected in certain legislative novels, can be applied in settling the issues related to legal support of national security of the Russian Federation at the current stage.

Keywords: system character, complex character, purpose, legal basis, legal tools, mechanism, legal mechanism, safety, main directions, safety control