Russia says US, NATO 'main threats' to national security

Published date31 July 2022
Publication titleLETA

ST PETERSBURG (Russia), July 31 (LETA--AFP) - The United States' quest to dominate the oceans and NATO's expansion are the biggest threats facing Russia, according to a new Russian naval doctrine signed by President Vladimir Putin on Sunday.

The 55-page document said the "main challenges and threats" to national security and development were Washington's "strategic objective to dominate the world's oceans" and NATO military infrastructure moving towards Russia's borders.

"Russia's independent internal and external policy faces counter-measures from the United States and its allies, who aim to preserve their dominance in the world, including its oceans," said the doctrine, signed on Russian Navy Day.

Moscow views the Western military alliance -- the Soviet Union's enemy during the Cold War -- as an existential...

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