Putin Signs New Russia Foreign Policy Against ‘Hostile’ West
- Russia faces ‘hybrid war’ from US and its allies, Lavrov said
- Putin says doctrine seeks to ‘strengthen Russia’s sovereignty’
Vladimir Putin chairs a Security Council meeting in Moscow on March 31.
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President Vladimir Putin approved a new Russian foreign policy concept that set out to confront the US and its allies, claiming an “era of revolutionary changes” was under way in international relations.
The US is “the source of fundamental risks to the security of the Russian Federation” and most European states are pursuing an “aggressive policy” aimed at undermining Russia’s sovereignty, according to the 42-page document signed by the president on Friday.