Vectors of Development of Legislation in the Field of National Security

Abstract

The article examines the development of Russian legislation in the field of national security, which has undergone significant changes in connection with the constitutional reform of 2020. The study of the provisions of the Federal Law «On Security» reveals a number of shortcomings that require its correction. The National Security Strategy of the Russian Federation of 2021 fulfills the most important mission of a legal tool that directs the efforts of numerous subjects of ensuring national security to the implementation of strategic national priorities. The author pays special attention to the characterization of the provisions of the National Security Strategy of the Russian Federation, in which the strategic priority for the preservation of the people of Russia and the development of human potential is presented as the primary direction of the implementation of state policy in the field of national security. The paper provides a comparative analysis of the elements of the national security system, which makes it possible to identify the main trends of legal regulation in the field of national security in order to achieve the national development goals of the Russian state.