Peculiarities of Formation Economic Security in a Transformational Economy

The features of transformation of the economy of Ukraine are examined on the modern stage of its development, problems which arise up in the process of transformation are investigated, directions of optimization of socio-economic development are grounded on the basis of rationalization of transformation dynamics. The purpose of this article is to study the processes of growing threats to economic security in the context of transformational reformations and to identify the main measures to overcome both internal and external threats. In the article the author accents at the complex conditions of the transformational period in the economy of Ukraine. In particular besides internal causes, which create the conditions for the deformation of the transitional period, the external causes have been defined, and the external threats of economic security, which create external factors because of unfair and unconscientious competition of the ex-Soviet space have been defined too. The security of national economy of Ukraine in its transformational condition is examined as unity of the internal and external threats.