National security strategy

Putin Signs New Security Strategy Warning Of Heightened Risks From West

Russian President Vladimir Putin has approved a new national-security strategy accusing the United States of trying to “contain” Russia through “political, economic, military, and informational pressure” and blaming Washington for the war in Ukraine.

The 40-page document, approved by Putin and published December 31, reflects the sharp decline in Russia’s ties with the West since the previous iteration, approved in May 2009 at the outset of U.S. President Barack Obama’s “reset” policy with Moscow.

The previous version mentioned the United States only three times and limited its criticism of the West largely to U.S. plans for a missile-defense shield in Europe and what it called NATO encroachment toward Russia’s borders.