The Concept of Deterrence of the Russian Federation in the Post Cold War Period

Marjanović Zoran (Univerzitet odbrane, Ministarstvo odbrane Republike Srbije, Beograd.), marjanovic.cole.zoran@gmail.com
Mićović Marija (Kriminalističko-policijski univerzitet, Beograd), marijablagojevic@gmail.com

Deterrence in the Russian Federation is regulated in detail in strategic documents, which is covered in this research. The public prescription of the actions of the armed forces, security services and foreign policy of the Russian Federation in relation to threats to the state, as well as the announcement of their actions by the political and military elite of this great power, is one of the characteristics that have characterized the deterrence methodology of the Russian Federation for decades. The deterrence concepts of the Russian Federation have been adapted to current threats, opportunities and information-technological progress, because the sluggishness in monitoring changes in huge systems, which can hardly keep up with rapid changes in development, types and quantity of usable weapons, tools, etc. systems of deterrence, which very often require decades of development, but this deficiency is compensated by the rapid adaptation of the non-intelligence activities of the security services in the political, economic, propaganda, paramilitary, etc. activities with a special emphasis on deterrence in the information domain. Considering that ever since the conclusions of the Hoover Commission in 1954, that if the United States of America wants to survive, the concept of „fair play\" must be reconsidered, that is, it must be learned to subvert, sabotage and destroy the enemies with smarter, more sophisticated and more effective methods than those which are used against the USA.

Keywords: strategy, deterrence, concept of deterrence, security service, non-intelligence activity.