MOSCOW: President Vladimir Putin on Friday (Mar 31) signed off on a new Russian foreign policy strategy aimed at curtailing Western 'dominance' and identifying China and India as key partners for the future. The new document cements the deep Cold War-style rupture between Russia and the West over
MOSCOW: President Vladimir Putin on Friday signed off on a new Russian foreign policy strategy aimed at curtailing Western"dominance" and identifying China and India as key partners for the future.Moscow's offensive in Ukraine"The Russian Federation intends to give priority to the elimination of vestiges of the dominance of the United States and other unfriendly countries in world politics," the strategy document said.
Announcing the document at a security council meeting, Putin said that updates to Russia's strategy for engagement on the global stage were necessary due to"radical changes" in the world. The document also described Russia as a"state-civilisation" tasked with defending what it called the"Russian world" of related cultures on the Eurasian continent.
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