The updated foreign policy doctrine labels the “aggressive anti-Russian policy” of the US and its allies as a major risk to Russia’s security, as well as to international peace and the development of a “just and balanced” future for humanity.
Russia believes that Washington and its allies are seeking to stop the erosion of a world order that allowed them to enjoy advanced economic growth at the expense of non-Western nations by exploiting their resources. The West “refuses to recognize the realities of a multipolar world” and aims to eliminate military and economic competition, as well as crack down on dissent, the document asserts.
The US in particular sees Russia’s independent policy as a threat to “Western hegemony,” the new policy claims, arguing that America and its allies have launched a “hybrid war” against Moscow aimed at weakening Russia “in every way possible.”
Moscow calls for strengthened cooperation between all nations facing foreign pressure. Only joint efforts by the entire international community on the basis of a balance of power and interests can provide solutions to “the numerous problems of our time.”