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System of National Security in Russia
System of national security is the forces and means which ensure national security. The forces of national security are the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, other troops, military formations and bodies which under federal legislation are designated as engaging in military and law enforcement service. They are federal organs of state power which participate in the provision of national security on the basis of legislation of the RF. The means of national security are technologies and technical, programming, linguistic, legal resources, including telecommunications channels which are used to collect and receive information on the status of national security.
The main directions of the national security of the RF are the strategic national priorities intended to create secure conditions for the realization of Russian citizens’ constitutional rights and freedoms, the stable development of the country and the preservation of the territorial integrity and sovereignty of the state.
The national security strategy of the RF employs the following concepts:
· «national security» – the protection of the individual, society and the state from domestic and foreign threats, which ensures constitutional rights and freedoms, an appropriate quality of life for citizens, the defense and security of the state;
· «national interests of the Russian Federation» – the aggregate of the internal and external needs of the state in ensuring the protection and stable development of the individual, society and the state;
· «threat to national security» – the direct or indirect possibility of damage to constitutional rights and freedoms, quality of life, sovereignty, stable development of the RF, defense and security of the state;
· «system of national security» – the forces and means which ensure national security.
New words:
- forces and means — силы и средства;
- to ensure — обеспечивать;
- provision of security — обеспечение безопасности;
- priorities — приоритеты;
- preservation — сохранение;
- threat — угроза;
- appropriate quality of life — достойное качество жизни;
- aggregate — совокупность;
- possibility of damage — возможность разрушения.
Questions to the text:
1. What do we mean by the concept «system of national security»?
2. What are the forces of national security?
3. What are the means of national security?
4. Can you call the main directions of the national security of the RF?
5. What concepts does the national security strategy of the RF employ?
6. What do we mean by the concept of «national security»?
7. What concept implies ensuring of constitutional rights and freedoms of Russian citizens?
8. What does the concept of «national interests of the RF» mean?
9. Can you say some words about the concept of “threat to national security”?
10. What can you say about stable development of the Russian Federation, what do we mean by it?
Exercise 2. Translate the following sentences into Russian:
1. The forces and means which ensure national security concentrate their efforts on the provision of national security in the political, economic and social spheres.
2. Federal organs of state power participate in the provision of national security on the basis of legislation of the Russian Federation.
3. Russia is following a state policy of national defense, state and social security and stable development which responds to internal and external conditions.
4. Russia is transitioning to a new state national security policy, as a guarantee of successful national development.
5. The main directions of the national security of the Russian Federation are strategic national priorities in the form of social, political and economic transformations.
6. The security system in Russia is trying to create secure conditions for the realization of Russian citizens’ constitutional rights and freedoms.
7. The national security strategy of the Russian Federation is an official system of measures with regards to domestic and foreign policy.
8. The strategy of the national security in Russia determines the degree of national security and the level of stable, long-term development of the state.
9. The modern national security strategy of Russia forms the basis of the development of a system ensuring the security in our country and presents a plan of action intended to guarantee national security.
10. To defend Russia’s national interests and safeguard the security of the individual all state bodies, organizations and social groups should follow constructive interaction.
Exercise 3. Fill in the gaps with the words given below, translate the text into Russian: cooperation, national, defense, security, element, relations, world, development, consist of, bodies