Demographic Policy in the Context of National Security of Russia: Objectives of State Governance

The paper provides an analysis of the experience of public administration in organization and implementation of the demographic policy of Russia. The authors examine Russia’s demographic policy within the context of ensuring national security. The objectives of demographic security in contemporary Russia consist of a planned, stepwise increase of the Russian nation based on the indigenous population rather than through migratory substitution, aligning with national security imperatives. Public administration in the demographic sphere, as a component of the broader societal governance system, necessitates targeted, systematic actions for the state in stitutions, authorized bodies, to address strategic objectives in this domain. This is expressed through the planning and execution of demographic policy and the implementation of oversight in this area, which requires coordinated cooperation among the organs of the Russian Federation and its constituent entities. The authors highlight the challenges associated with the implementation of previously existing conceptual documents since the 1990s, emphasizing the absence of a control mechanism for the execution of demographic policy at the regional level. The author argues that a contemporary model of public administration requires organizational and legal frameworks to effectively realize the objectives of demographic policy and to explore and substantiate optimal pathways for achieving its enhanced quality. Public administra tion in the demographic sphere must directly correlate with national security objectives aimed at achieving Russia’s strategic development goals that include the reproduction and stabilization of population rates, enhancement of public health, increase in life expectancy, reduction of mortality rates, and the formation of reproductive attitudes and behaviors.

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