Statute
of the
Interagency Commission on Economic Security
of the
Russian Federation Security Council
02 October 1997
I. General Provisions
1. The Interagency Commission on Economic Security of the Russian
Federation Security Council (hereafter—the Commission) was formed in
compliance with the Russian Federation Law "On Security" and the Statute of
the Russian Federation Security Council, put into effect by Edict No. 1024
of the Russian Federation President of 10 July 1996 "Russian Federation
Security Council Issues."
2. The Commission was created for the purpose of carrying out Russian
Federation Security Council (hereafter -- Security Council) tasks in the
area of ensuring the economic security of the Russian Federation.
3. The legal base of the Commission's activities is comprised of the
Russian Federation Constitution, federal laws, the Russian Federation
President's edicts and directives, the statute of the Russian Federation
Security Council, and this Statute.
II. The Commission's Functions
4. The Commission is tasked with the following functions:
preparation of proposals for the Security Council in the area of
drafting and implementing strategic lines in state policy in the area of
ensuring the economic security of the Russian Federation;
evaluation and forecast of the socioeconomic development of the
Russian Federation from the standpoint of ensuring the economic security of
the state;
participation, in keeping with established procedures, in defining
Russia's national interests in the economic area and in determining
internal and external threats to these interests;
preparation of proposals for the Security Council with respect to
coordination of the activities of federal bodies of state authority in
dealing with current and long-range tasks in the area of the economic
security of the Russian Federation, and with respect to implementation of
the State Economic Security Strategy of the Russian Federation (Basic
Provisions), approved by Edict No. 608 of the Russian Federation President
of 29 April 1996;
participation in development of the strategy of ensuring the Russian
Federation's security in the sphere of use of natural resources, regulation
of foreign companies' access to exploitation of natural resources, as well
as the strategy of ensuring the energy security of the Russian Federation;
preparation of proposals for the Security Council with respect to
ensuring state security in the area of regulating the securities market,
foreign investment, and movement of capital;
evaluation of the state monetary and credit policy and forecasting the
development of the situation in the financial system from the standpoint of
ensuring the economic security of the Russian Federation;
monitoring the Russian economy's competitiveness, evaluation of
threats to the Russian Federation's interests in the foreign economic
sphere, and drafting a strategy for ensuring the foreign economic security
of the state;
evaluation of the current state and prospects for development of the
scientific, technological, and technical level of production in economic
sectors from the standpoint of ensuring the economic security of the
Russian Federation;
participation in development of the main directions of state policy in
the area of military-technical cooperation with foreign countries and
development of the defense complex of the Russian Federation;
reviewing, in keeping with established procedures, the drafts of
federal targeted programs aimed at ensuring the economic security of the
Russian Federation, evaluating their effectiveness, and preparing relevant
proposals;
preparation of analytical and forecast materials on the course of
implementation of the Concept of National Security of the Russian
Federation;
preparation of proposals for the Security Council on the subject of
drafting prospective normative legal acts aimed at ensuring the economic
security of the Russian Federation;
conducting, when so instructed by the Security Council, expert
evaluation of draft decisions of federal bodies of state authority and
bodies of state authority of Russian Federation components on matters of
economic security of the state.
III. Procedures for Forming the Commission and Its Activities
5. The Commission shall be created, reorganized, and abolished by
edict of the President of the Russian Federation Russian Federation. The
statute on the Commission shall be approved by the Russian Federation
President upon submission by the Secretary of the Security Council of the
Russian Federation (hereafter -- Security Council Secretary).
The Commission shall be composed of heads of federal bodies of state
authority and (or) their deputies (including as agreed). If necessary,
other persons may be included.
6. The Commission chairman shall be appointed by the Russian
Federation President. The Commission chairman has deputies (a deputy).
The Commission chairman and other commission members carry out their
activities on a volunteer basis.
7. To carry out its functions, the Commission has the right to:
request and receive in keeping with established procedures needed
materials and information from federal bodies of state authority, from
bodies of state authority of Russian Federation components, as well as from
institutions, organizations, and officials;
use in keeping with established procedures databases of the Russian
Federation President's staff and those of federal bodies of state
authority;
in keeping with established procedures, bring in scientists and
specialists to carry out specific tasks;
interact in keeping with established procedures with independent units
of the Russian Federation President's staff, federal bodies of state
authority, bodies of state authority of Russian Federation components, as
well as from institutions, organizations, and officials on matters within
its competence;
prepare proposals on signing, in keeping with established procedures,
contracts with scientific-research organizations, institutions, and
specialists to carry out work in the area of ensuring economic security of
the state;
summarize and present to the Security Council information on matters
within its competence;
determine the agenda for Commission meetings and compile lists of
persons invited to attend.
8. The Commission's work shall be carried out in accordance with plans
approved by the Security Council Secretary.
9. Commission meetings are to be held at least once a month. If
necessary, out-of-turn meetings may be held.
Commission members' presence at meetings is mandatory. They are not
authorized to delegate their powers to others. In the event of a Commission
member's absence from a meeting, he has the right to present his opinion on
the issues under consideration in writing.
10. Commission members possess equal rights in the discussion of
matters under consideration at the meeting. Commission decisions are to be
adopted by a majority vote of Commission members present at the meeting and
formalized by a protocol signed by the Commission chairman. In the event a
Commission member disagrees with the decision, he has the right to present
his opinion in writing, which must then be attached to the meeting
protocol.
Commission decisions approved by the Security Council Secretary are
mandatory for consideration by federal bodies of executive authority.
11. Information, material-technical, and other support for the
Commission's activities shall be provided by the Security Council staff, as
well as, when necessary, by federal bodies of state authority represented
in the Commission membership.
List of Members of the
Interagency Commission on Economic Security of
the
Russian Federation Security Council
Shokhin A.N. -- deputy of the
State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation (Commission
chairman, upon concurrence), Kudrin A.L. -- first deputy minister of
finance of the Russian Federation (Commission deputy chairman), Petrov
Yu.V. -- chairman of the State Investment Corporation (Commission deputy
chairman), Aushev M.I. -- deputy chairman of the State Duma Committee on
Security (upon concurrence), Boyko M.V. -- deputy chairman of the
Russian Federation Government, chairman of the State Committee for the
Administration of State Property of Russia, Borodin P.P. -- Russian
Federation President's administrator of affairs, Bezrukov
V.B. -- director, Center for the Study of the Economic State of the
Market under the Russian Federation Government, Bushuyev V.V. -- deputy
minister of fuel and power generation of the Russian Federation, Vasilyev
D.V. -- chairman of the Federal Securities and Exchange Commission of
Russia, Gazizullin F.P. -- first deputy chairman of the State Committee
for the Administration of State Property of Russia, Grekov
Yu.N. -- deputy minister of foreign economic relations and trade of the
Russian Federation, Gridasov I.I. -- department chief, Ministry of
Agriculture and Food of Russia, Danilov-Danilyan A.V. -- chief of the
Russian Federation President's economic department, Ivanov I.S. -- first
deputy minister of foreign affairs of the Russian Federation, Ivanter
V.V. -- director, National Economic Forecast Institute of the Russian
Academy of Sciences, Katulskiy Ye.D. -- deputy minister of labor and
social development of the Russian Federation, Kolesnikov V.I. -- first
deputy minister of internal affairs of the Russian Federation, Kopeykin
M.Yu. -- department chief, Russian Federation Government staff, Korablev
V.G. -- deputy chief of the State Tax Service of Russia, Lvov
D.S. -- deputy director, Central Economic-Mathematics Institute of the
Russian Academy of Sciences, Maslyukov Yu.D. -- chairman of the State
Duma's Economic Policy Committee (upon concurrence), Meshalkina
R.Ye. -- deputy chief of staff of the Russian Federation Defense
Council, Meshcheryakov V.I. -- deputy chairman of the State Customs
Committee of Russia, Morozov O.V. -- head of the Russian Regions deputy
group in the State Duma (upon concurrence), Pavlenko S.Yu. -- director,
Ad Hoc Center for Economic Reforms under the Russian Federation Government,
Pavlov O.I. -- head of the Federal Service on Currency and Export
Control of Russia, Pugin N.A. -- chairman of the board,
Avtoselmash-Holding publicly held joint-stock company, Putin
V.V. -- deputy chief of staff of the Russian Federation President, chief
of the Russian Federation President's Main Control Administration,
Pushkarenko A.L. -- directorate chief, Federal Security Service, Sapiro
Ye.S. -- chairman, Russian Federation Committee on Economic Policy
Issues (upon concurrence), Svinarenko A.G. -- first deputy minister of
the economy of the Russian Federation, Fonareva N.Ye. -- chairman, State
Antimonopoly Committee of Russia, Frank S.O. -- first deputy minister of
transportation of the Russian Federation, Khazin M.L. -- deputy chief,
Russian Federation President's economic administration, Khandruyev
A.A. -- first deputy chairman, Bank of Russia, Shcherbak
V.N. -- first deputy minister of agriculture and food of the Russian
Federation, Shcherbakov A.A. -- first deputy director, Foreign
Intelligence Service of Russia, Yurkov Yu.A. -- chairman, State
Committee for Statistics of Russia, Yatskevich B.A. -- first deputy
minister of natural resources of the Russian Federation.
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