Today the basis of the national security is the security of the economic activity. The latter is seen as the ability of the national economy to guarantee the national welfare and the domestic market stability regardless of the external conditions. The system securing the economic activity is considered to be efficient if the negative impact from outside is counterbalanced by the internal resource of the country supporting the political and economic stability. Today Russia has considerable natu-ral resources and plays a big role in the oil and gas trade. But can it serve as a guarantee of our country's stable competitive position in the world economic processes? What is the basis of the system securing the economic activity in the country?