Putin names US as threat to Russian security strategy

New appraisal names the United

States as one of the threats to
Russia’s national security for the first
time, a sign of how relations with the
west have deteriorated in recent
years.
The document, “About the Strategy of
National Security of Russian
Federation”, was signed by President
Vladimir Putin on New Year’s Eve. It
replaces a 2009 version, endorsed by
then- President Dmitry Medvedev, the
current prime minister, which
mentioned neither the United States
not NATO.
It says Russia has managed to
heighten its role in solving global
problems and international conflicts.
That heightened role has caused a
reaction by the West, it says.
“The strengthening of Russia
happens against the background of
new threats to the national security,
which has complex and interrelated
nature,” the document says.
Conducting an independent policy,
“both international and domestic” has
caused “counteraction from the USA
and its allies, which are striving to
retain their dominance in global
affairs.”
That in turn is likely to lead to
“political, economical, military and
informational pressure” on Russia,
the document says.”
Relations between Russia and the
West reached a low after Russian
forces annexed the Crimean
peninsula from Ukraine in March
2014, after protests in Ukraine forced
its pro-Moscow president to flee to
Russia.
Since then, the West has accused
Russia of aiding insurgents in
eastern Ukraine. Moscow denies
actively assisting the rebels.
The United States and the European
Union have since imposed wide-
ranging sanctions against Russian
individuals and companies. Moscow
has reacted by restricting food and
other goods from the EU.
The document says that the United
States and the EU have supported an
“anti-constitutional coup d’etat in
Ukraine”, which led to a deep divide
in Ukrainian society and a military
conflict.
It also names the expansion of NATO
as a threat to Russia’s national
security and said that the United
States has expanded its network of
military-biological laboratories in
neighboring to Russia countries.
The document, which serves as a
basis for planning strategy related to
national security by different state
bodies, does not mention Syria. On
Sept. 30, Russia began air strikes
against anti-government rebels
opposed to the government of Syrian
President Bashar al-Assad, a Russian
ally.


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