Political and Legal Provision of the Russian Federation Military Security

Abstract

Introduction . The International System of States is currently facing a threatening political and military situation of a global danger. It is possible to restrain the growing threat only by using the qualitatively new methods, which complement to the diplomatic measures. The Russian Federation military security must be ensured by reaching the goal of military system improvement using various state administration methods, including the legal ones. The Russian Federation provides the state military security by means of the legal rules, however in the course of the Special Military Operation started on February 24, 2022 it has become evident that adjustment of the military policy and the legal regulation in the military sphere is required. To increase the efficiency of the national military security provision, the deep theoretical research into the essence and content of the military security is necessary. The aim of this research is to identify the challenging aspects in the system of political and legal provision of the Russian Federation military security. Materials and Methods . The article analyses the political and legal basis for ensuring the military security of Russia. In the process of the study, the general scientific as well as special scientific methods were used, i.e. the cognitive analysis methods for studying the essence of the military security, the official legal documents analysis providing juridical definition of the categories framework of the military security as the object under research, sociological method of surveying the public opinion on the topic of military security and other methods. Results . It has been proved that the level of support among population of the military defense of Russia’s sovereignty and territory is high. The legal, material and ideological components of the Russian military policy need to be strengthened. Measures to improve the military policy in compliance with the public demand of the Russian citizens are proposed. Discussion and Conclusions . The problems of political and legal provision of the Russian Federation military security have been identified. The military policy goals on provision of the military security in the frame of the Russian national security for prevention of potential conflicts expansion are being solved in the process of strengthening the legal basis for the allied relations with the neighboring states, as well as strengthening the resource and ideological components of the military security system.