Economic crime rate in the Russian Federation as an indicator of its economic security
https://doi.org/10.26907/2541-7738.2025.3.124-139
Abstract
This article examines key characteristics of economic crime rate, putting emphasis on the possibility of establishing its threshold and critical values. Robust economic security policy should be considered one of the top priorities of any state, and ensuring it requires continuous assessment of how well national interests are fulfilled and balanced. Among various approaches to the assessment of economic security level and threats, the indicator-based method, which involves setting threshold and critical values for specific indicators, has been widely used. The study shows that Russia’s economic security policy is much determined by the frequency and severity of criminal activities aimed at obtaining financial profit and demands increased attention to corruption and criminalization in order to avoid lackluster results. However, quantitative metrics of economic crimes alone are insufficient to reliably assess the state’s economic security level. Therefore, neither threshold nor critical values can be assigned to this parameter.
About the Author
Ju. I. Selivanovskaya
Kazan Federal University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Julia I. Selivanovskaya, Cand. Sci. (Law), Associate Professor, Department of Economic Security and Taxation
Kazan
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Selivanovskaya J.I. Economic crime rate in the Russian Federation as an indicator of its economic security. Uchenye Zapiski Kazanskogo Universiteta Seriya Gumanitarnye Nauki. 2025;167(3):124-139. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.26907/2541-7738.2025.3.124-139
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