MOSCOW. May 5 (Interfax) – The Russian Military Doctrine has retained its defensive nature following adjustment, says Russian Security Council Secretary Nikolai Patrushev.
„Its defensive nature and Russia‘s commitment to the use of military measures to protect its national interests only after exhausting all opportunities for non-violent measures have been preserved,“ Patrushev said in an article to be published in the Wednesday issue of Krasnaya Zvezda.