The document includes strategic priorities and measures in the field of both domestic and foreign policy, aimed at providing national security and sustainable development. It is divided into sections, among which focus is on economic growth, better living standards, healthcare, science, technology, culture, national defence and state and public security.
Energy challenges will be mounting as international demand increases. Among the regions of upcoming international competition for energy resources will be the shelf of the Barents Sea and other areas of the Arctic, the document reads.
At the same time, the strategy also maintains that competition and conflict over hydrocarbon resources might eventually lead to the use of armed force, something which subsequently could disrupt the power balance in Russian border areas.
High-tech and multi-functional border complexes will be introduced all along the Russian border. That includes also the Russian Arctic zone and several other regions, where necessary “border protection efficiency measures” will be introduced.
In addition, the strategy highlights that the Arctic will be a region of joint initiatives between the state and private interests within the field of transport, energy, information and military infrastructure.
Economic development is the key to Russian security. The strategy stresses that Russia in medium-term perspective should become among the top five world economic powers. That includes higher life standards, a better demographic situation, a major modernization of economy and society and integration in the global economy. An instrument for this is also democratization and the development of civil society, the security strategy maintains.
Read the document at the website of the Russian Security Council
