PROBLEMS OF THE ECOLOGICAL SAFETY IN RUSSIA
The need to ensure the environmental safety of Russia is becoming increasingly important nowadays. The article defines environmental security. The article defines the role and the place of environmental security in the national security system of the country. Understanding the essence of environmental problems among populations is a necessary step for the implementation of environmental safety. We provide statistical data of regions of Russia with a very difficult economic situation, as well as the proportion of organizations interested in environmental safety. We have proven ecological degradation after the analysis of the environment and proposed mechanisms of environmental security. The study also reflects the need for changes in the environmental consciousness of the population. The article provides a rationale for the importance of environmental education to ensure the ecological security of the country during crisis. We reveal the understanding of the fact that sustainable development of Russia and national security will be provided only under condition of preservation of natural systems and appropriate support of the state. The article focuses on the need to develop ways of improvement of legal regulation in the field of environmental security of the country. There is a need for public policy that should be aimed at ensuring the environmental security of the country. Therefore, environmental security is an important component of national security, which might become a national idea uniting the peoples of the Russian Federation