Presidential Decree No. 208 validating the “Strategy for the Economic Security of the Russian Federation for the period until 2030.”

This Strategy is a strategic planning document developed in order to implement the strategic national priorities of the Russian Federation and defines challenges and threats to the economic security of the Russian Federation, as well as the goals, main directions and objectives of state policy in the field of ensuring economic security. This Strategy is intended to consolidate the efforts of federal government bodies, government bodies of constituent entities of the Russian Federation, local government, the Central Bank of the Russian Federation and civil society institutions to ensure economic security in order to protect national interests and implement strategic national priorities of the Russian Federation.
Economic security shall be intended a state of security of the national economy from external and internal threats, which ensures the economic sovereignty of the country, the unity of its economic space, conditions for the implementation of strategic national priorities of the Russian Federation.
The state of economic security is beginning to be significantly influenced by factors associated with global climate change, which can cause shortages of food and fresh water, and intensify competition for access to renewable resources, including the resources of the Arctic and Antarctic zones, and the waters of the Arctic Ocean.
The goals of state policy in the field of ensuring economic security are: (a) strengthening the economic sovereignty of the Russian Federation; (b) increasing the resilience of the economy to the impact of external and internal challenges and threats; (c) ensuring economic growth; (d) maintaining the scientific and technical potential of economic development at the global level and increasing its competitiveness; and (e) increasing the level and improving the quality of life of the population.
The main directions of state policy in the field of ensuring economic security are: (a) development of a system of public administration, forecasting and strategic planning in the economic sphere; (b) ensuring sustainable growth of the real sector of the economy; (c) creating economic conditions for the development and implementation of modern technologies, stimulating innovative development, as well as improving the regulatory framework in this field; (d) sustainable development of the national financial system; (e) balanced spatial and regional development of the Russian Federation, strengthening the unity of its economic space; (f) increasing the efficiency of foreign economic cooperation and realizing the competitive advantages of export-oriented sectors of the economy; (g) ensuring the safety of economic activity; and (h) development of human potential.
The main tasks for the implementation of the Strategy are: (a) legal fixation of the boundaries of the Exclusive Economic Zone of the Russian Federation (including the Arctic continental shelf and sea areas), protection of the rights and interests of Russian business entities operating in this zone; (b) improvement of norms and standards for the use of innovative technologies (including digital economy technologies) and materials in production and economic activities; and (c) improvement of resource and energy efficiency of production processes.