Putin's new security doctrine targets terrorism in multipolar world
SPECIAL TO WORLD TRIBUNE.COM
Friday, January 14, 2000
MOSCOW -- Russia has revised national security doctrine to focus on
counterterrorism.
The doctrine says international terrorism is a serious threat to
Russia's security. "An open campaign has been unleashed to destabilize the
situation in Russia,'' the doctrine said in a reference to Chechen
separatists.
The new doctrine stresses the need to improve multinational and United
Nations oversight of terrorism and other international political
developments.
Officials said acting President Vladimir Putin has altered Russia's
National Security Concept to focus on the threats from a multipolar world.
The new document says Russia will attempt to bolster the economic and
political positions of various countries such as China and India.
Nuclear weapons continue to play a major role in Russia's national
security. The doctrine says Russia must possess nuclear forces that can
"guarantee the infliction of intended damage to an aggressor state or
coalition."