Губайдуллина Э.Г.

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Western sanctions and Russia's national interests

Introduction to Western sanctions against Russia after the reunification with Crimea exacerbated the problem of national security. Western sanctions are long-term (not even put on for years, but rather, for decades, like the Jackson-Vanik amendment) and include a full range of tools for economic, political and informational pressure on Russia. Ultimately, they are aimed at the destabilization of the socio-economic situation and the change of political regime in Russia. The US is interested to provoke our country on the deployment of Russian troops on the territory of Ukraine clash between Ukraine and Russia in a military conflict and to involve the European Union in it. Experts in the field of long-term patterns of economic growth associated current aggravation of the military-political tensions in the world with the change of the long waves of economic conditions and age-old cycles of accumulation. "Currently, the transition from the American cycle of global accumulation of the Asia-Pacific, where the leaders are China and Japan. This is a very painful process, which is always accompanied by a military-political instability and conflict. Country leaders of the previous cycle usually try to keep their leadership at any price, and the United States ... are trying to start a major war in Europe for this purpose "[1], using the catastrophe in Ukraine.

Therefore, the Crimea was only the detonator of sanctions against our country, which in one form or another has always been applied. The US and the EU did not expect that Russia, as the country lost the "cold war", actually lost after the collapse of the Soviet Union's sovereignty, which allowed developed countries to determine the strategy of its development for nearly twenty-five years of existence, said finally, its national interests. Essentially, the reunification of the Crimea with Russia is back in the political plan the country's sovereignty. Although in the context of globalization full sovereignty Russia (as well as, and most of the world)[2], it is not. In our view, in terms of sanctions against Russia creation of the Eurasian Union - this is the first response to calls by the US and EU countries, it is - a way to protect our national interests and our national security. In order to neutralize the threat of international isolation of Russia, which was initiated by the United States, not least the alignment of such (not just economic) integration with China, India, Asia-Pacific and Latin America. Only the consistent upholding of national interests will allow our country to pursue an independent policy in the international arena and within the country to ensure national security

Food safety of Russia

With the introduction of Western sanctions greatly exacerbated the problem of food security in Russia. It is known that the loss of food sovereignty is a threat to the sovereignty of the country. We have to admit that the twenty-five destructive neoliberal agricultural policy has undermined the food security of Russia and turned into a degradation of agriculture, the destruction of the domestic agricultural sector, declining productive capacity of the agricultural sector, a decrease in the volume of the most valuable food.[3]

Meanwhile, the international practice it is known that the importation of up to 20% of food products the country enters the food addiction and may lose sovereignty. Before the adoption of Western sanctions against Russia (as in the 1990s.) More than 40% of its food in the country is imported. And in Moscow - almost 80%. This character of food security can be defined as the "oil-for-food". In response to Western sanctions was announced anti sanctions Russian politics, which caused considerable damage to the EU countries - suppliers of imported food. In connection with the sanctions of the West faced the problem of import substitution, which requires significant investment in domestic agriculture (as an anti-crisis measures will be allocated to domestic agro 54 billion. Rub.).

The fact that the volume of agricultural production in Russia, compared to 1990 decreased by 40%. [4] At the same time as a result of WTO membership Russian Agriculture will lose 4 billion dollars annually [5] The threat to food security of the Russian Federation is also buying Russian agricultural land and agricultural industry companies large foreign companies. Today, around 40-45% of the domestic grain market is controlled by multinational corporations. All this indicates the need for a nationally oriented agrarian policy with the direct participation of the state and public financial institutions. The growth of domestic agricultural production can lead to a sharp rise of 7-8 sectors of Russian economy: engineering, construction, chemical industry, light and processing industries and services.

Obviously, for food security, Russia needs to return to its traditional food self-sufficiency (based on a recovery in agricultural production, food and building strategic reserves of the country). It is, in essence, a transition to an innovative model of development of agriculture, production of ecologically safe food products, excluding their genetically modified option. In terms of Western sanctions seems appropriate restoration of supplies of agricultural products from the former Soviet republics (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, and others.), As well as the creation of the Eurasian agrarian market, which could include all the countries concerned.

List of references

1. Krylov I.A. Neoliberal reform and modernization processes in modern Russia // The history of modernization as a matter of social and philosophical analysis. - M., 2014.

2. Glazyev S. About food security in Russia (Report) // Izborsky club (Russian strategy). 2013. - № 7.

3. Krylov I.A. Russia's accession to the WTO: the risks and threats.

4. Glazyev Ukrainian catastrophe: the American aggression in World War II? ("Collection Izborsk Club"). - M., 2015.

5. Krylov I.A. The problem of the sovereignty of modern Russia // The problem of sovereignty of modern Russia. Proceedings of the scientific and public conference (Moscow, June 6, 2014). - M., 2014.