Legal Support of Environmental Safety as a Reaction of the Russian State to Environmental Threats

¹ Southwest State University
² T.F. Gorbachev Kuzbass State Technical University

Abstract

The article is a comprehensive study of the problems of legal provision of environmental safety in the Russian Federation. The work of the authors was built taking into account the insufficient formation of the legal institution of environmental safety in Russian environmental law. This necessitated the use of an interdisciplinary approach, which allows us to fully consecrate the issues studied. The authors draw attention to the fact that initially environmental safety was not considered by Russian legislators and scientists as an integral part of national safety. The authors conclude that the inclusion of measures designed to ensure environmental safety in a single system for ensuring national safety should contribute to their improvement and development, since they are now becoming a priority. At the same time, the authors note the problem of the terminological inconsistency of the main strategic documents in this area - the National Safety Strategy of the Russian Federation and the Strategy of Ecological Safety of the Russian Federation for the period up to 2025, which, in their opinion, may negatively affect the effectiveness of legal support for environmental safety in Russia.