Sustainable Development of Rural Territories as a Guarantor of National Security of Russia

Abstract

Over the past decades, in Russia has taken place destructive degradation of the rural settlement system, depopulation and complete desolation of villages, deterioration of the demographic situation, reduction of cultivated agricultural land, loss of historical and cultural heritage, while the rural areas of the country have powerful natural, demographic, economic, historical and cultural potential that, if used rationally and effectively, can ensure sustainable multi-sectoral development, full employment, highlevel and quality oflife of the rural population. Federal target programs "Social development of the village until 2013" and "Sustainable development of rural territories for 2014-2017 and for the period up to 2020" as well as "Concepts of sustainable development of rural territories of the Russian Federation for the period until 2020", aimed at a radical improvement of the socio-economic condition of villages did not bring the expected changes. The analysis of the results of their implementation makes it possible to identify the most difficult provisions to implement, to determine the causes that inhibit positive processes in the rural areas of the country, to determine the mechanism of the influence of socioeconomic and political factors on the rural settlement system, demographic situation, development of social, engineering and transport infrastructure.