Russia brings in new policies aimed at ending the ‘global dominance of the US’ as isolated Putin takes increasingly anti-West stance
- Move from Putin highlights the deterioration of Russia’s relationship with West
- Isolated Putin increasingly frustrated by sanctions and Western aid for Ukraine
- The new strategy also identified China and India as key partners for the future
Russia today brought in new policies in a bid to end the ‘global dominance of the US’ as Vladimir Putin takes an increasingly anti-West stance.
The Russian despot signed off the new foreign policy which cements the deep Cold War-style rupture between Moscow and the West over the invasion of Ukraine.
It also identified China and India as key partners for the future, which comes just 11 days on from President Xi Jinping’s visit to Moscow where the two premiers flaunted their alliance.
‘The Russian Federation intends to give priority to the elimination of vestiges of the dominance of the United States and other unfriendly countries in world politics,’ the 42-page strategy document said.
The term ‘unfriendly countries’ refer to countries, particularly in Europe and North America, that have condemned the atrocities seen in Ukraine since the invasion began in February 2022.
The Russian president, who announced the document at a security council meeting, said that the changes were necessary because of the ‘radical changes’ in the world.
The move from Putin reflects the president’s increasingly anti-West stance in the face of sanctions imposed on the country as well as military aid supplied to Ukraine.
Putin and Rusia have become increasingly isolated on the world stage prompting Moscow to boost political and economical ties with the likes of China and India, who have taken a more neutral stance towards their invasion of Ukraine.
Within the new strategy, Russia singles out ties with China and India, stressing the importance of ‘the deepening of ties and coordination with friendly sovereign global centres of power and development located on the Eurasian continent.’