Russia’s New Military Doctrine Mentions Belarusian Security
Sunday, February 7th, 2010
On February 5, 2010 President Dmitri Medvedev approved a new Military Doctrine of the Russian Federation. The document replaces the version adopted in 2000 and will serve as a frame of reference for the Russian military through 2020.
Among other things, the doctrine addresses the security of the so-called Union State of Belarus and Russia. According to the text of the doctrine, Russia “considers an armed attack on the state-participant in the Union State, as well as all other actions involving the use of military force against it, as an act of aggression against the Union State, and it will take measures in response.”
The new doctrine provides that Russia’s main priorities for its military-political cooperation with the Republic of Belarus are the following:
