The new military doctrine identifies the expansion of NATO and attempts to destabilise Russia and neighbouring countries as the biggest security threats.

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On December 26, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a new military doctrine for the Russian armed forces. The document identifies the expansion of NATO and efforts to destabilise Russia and neighbouring countries as the biggest security threats.
As countermeasures, the paper advocates accelerating the development of the Russian army, the increased militarization of the whole of society, and the development of military cooperation with the other BRICS countries (Brazil, India, China, South Africa) and several Latin American states.
The new military doctrine is a response to the deliberate encirclement of Russia by NATO and the economic war against the country by the EU and US. Since the beginning of the Ukraine crisis, which was deliberately provoked by Germany and the United States to increase pressure on Russia and to initiate a colonial-style redivision of the former Soviet Union, the geopolitical tensions between Russia and the NATO powers have steadily intensified

The US Empire left Russia with no real alternatives. If "the BRICS countries...and several Latin American States" form alliances based upon this crisis of aggression fostered by the US and its thralls, this will constitute another (and giant) step toward a major war.

One thing I have not heard (or read) about is the acceptance by producers of the artificial oil price reduction that the US is using as a weapon against Russia. The various oil companies and producing countries should be taking as big a "hit" with these reductions as is Russia. How can the US manage this and why is 'everyone' going along? It seems very counter-intuitive for these bourgeois fucks to eat this much profit over this long a term. Any ideas?