Space Weather: Russian Perspectives

Different scientific groups in Russia are successfully developing the complex of experiments and models directed to Space Weather problems. At present the complex consists of the following major parts: optics and radio observations of the Sun and a forecasting model of large solar flares; ground based monitoring of the heliospheric (neutron monitors) and geomagnetic (magnetometers) conditions; models of the geomagnetic storm forecasting; a model of galactic cosmic rays and a probabilistic model of solar energetic particles; monitoring of the radiation environment by satellites. The problems of compilation of these parts and perspectives of their future development are discussed.