SANCTIONS PRESSURE AND GLOBAL ECONOMIC TURBULENCE AS KEY EXTERNAL THREATS TO RUSSIA’S ECONOMIC SECURITY IN 2025

The article examines current external threats to Russia’s economic security in the context of geo-economic turbulence and sanctions pressure from Western countries. The research aims to analyze key external threats to Russia’s economic security and develop mechanisms to minimize their negative impact on the national economy.

The study employs methods of situational and retrospective analysis, factor analysis, as well as expert assessments. The authors evaluate the current state of the Russian economic system and the global economic environment, highlighting historical stages of its formation, and reveal the motives of major actors in the process of creating a unipolar world order dominated by the West.

The researchers identify Western sanctions pressure and high levels of geo-economic turbulence as the main external threats to Russia’s economic security in 2025 and propose mechanisms to minimize the resulting negative costs.

The scientific novelty of the research lies in identifying, classifying, and conducting a comprehensive analysis of current external threats to Russia’s economic security, as well as creating a scientific and methodological basis for their further study. The practical significance of the work lies in forming a theoretical framework for Russian economic entities to develop an adequate strategy for preventing and countering external threats to their economic security.

The authors conclude that it is necessary to strengthen Russia’s export potential, which directly affects GDP volumes and the Russian budget, by changing the commodity structure of foreign sales and more actively using alternative financial instruments and national currencies in mutual settlements with foreign partners. Mechanisms are proposed to minimize the negative consequences of external threats, including diversifying foreign economic relations and strengthening cooperation with the countries of the Global South, the Middle East, and the Asia-Pacific region.

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