GEOPOLITICS AND MULTICULTURAL ENVIRONMENT AS THE DETERMINANTS OF PERSONNEL SECURITY.

Ther paper studies the impacts of geopolitics and polycultural environment that constitute the key determinants for the personnel securuity. We focus on a specific case study of Russian Federation where the geopolitical factors and multiculturalism have a significant reprecussion on human resources (similar to other former Communist countries). Factors such as the mobility and quality of human resources, internal and international migration, or even a brain drain involving highly skilled professionals are associated with profound institutional changes that are taking place in Russian Federation. Moreover, the safety of personnel is closely linked to national security, which makes it extremely important. Nowadays, modern conflicts and waged with information and knowledge rather than with weapons and highly-skilled human resources become the most important element of protecting national interests and polical dominance within the entangled web of the world's complex geopolitics. The paper is devoted to assessing the specifics of personnel security and safety in Russia in the context of globalization and the country's geopolitical plans and ambitions. We identify the factors affecting personnel security in the country and provide recommendations for improving it. In addition, we discuss a number of relevant and valuable recommendations regarding the justification of the directions of personnel policy and human resource management within the framework of the national security in the globalized multi-tier world. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]