DECREE
OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION
NO. 1300 OF DECEMBER 17, 1997
ON THE APPROVAL OF THE CONCEPTION OF THE NATIONAL
SECURITY OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION
(with the Amendments and Additions of January 10, 2000)
Summary:
The National Security concept outlines the security dilemmas facing the Russian
Federation and elaborates the requisite measures to ensure security. The document
defines national security, describes the position of Russia in the international system,
defines the national interests of Russia, the threats to national security (including
ecological and criminal activities, as well as terrorist threats), and the means of
ensuring national security. The role and objectives of the various state institutions in
meeting the threats are detailed as a whole.
With the objective to consolidate the efforts of the bodies of federal authority, the
state bodies of the Russian Federation's constituent members, organizations and
citizens of the Russian Federation towards safeguarding of the national interests and
security of the Russian Federation, it is hereby resolved:
1. To approve the attached Conception of the National Security of the Russian
Federation.
2. The bodies of federal authority and the state bodies of the Russian Federation's
constituent members shall be guided by the provisions of the Conception of the
National Security of the Russian Federation in their practical work and when preparing
documents related to the safeguarding of the national interests of the Russian
Federation.
3. To entrust the Secretary of the Russian Federation Security Council with:
the preparation for the President of the Russian Federation of reports containing
an analysis, assessment and forecast of Russia's military, political and international
situation;
the working out of directives of the President of the Russian Federation for the top
governmental officials and federal executive authorities concerning the implementation
of the Conception of the National Security of the Russian Federation.
4. The control over the execution of the directives of the President of the Russian
Federation specified under Item 3 hereof shall be entrusted to the Secretary of the
Russian Federation Security Council.
President
of the Russian Federation
Moscow, The Kremlin
B. Yeltsin