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2. Political Bases of the Military Doctrine
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2.1. The Russian Federation's Attitude to Armed Conflicts and the Utilization
of the Russian Federation Armed Forces and Other Troops
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Ensuring the Russian Federation's military security and its vitally
important interests depends first and foremost:
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in the domestic policy sphere on resolving economic, political, and social
problems and successfully implementing reforms;
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in the foreign policy sphere on the state of relations with the surrounding
world, primarily with our immediate neighbors and the leading powers.
Proceeding from this premise, the Russian Federation:
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is committed to the principles of the peaceful settlement of international
disputes, respect for the sovereignty and territorial integrity of states,
noninterference in their internal affairs, inviolability of state borders
and other universally recognized principles of international law;
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regards no state as its enemy;
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will not employ its Armed Forces or other troops against any state other
than for individual or collective self-defense if an armed attack is made
on the Russian Federation, its citizens, territory, Armed Forces, other
troops, or its allies.
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cooperates in the efforts of the world community and various collective
security organs in preventing wars and armed conflicts and maintaining
or restoring peace;
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participates in the further development of international law and in the
drafting, adoption, and implementation by all countries of a range of effective
measures to prevent wars and armed conflicts.
The aim of the Russian Federation's policy in the sphere of nuclear weapons
is to eliminate the danger of nuclear war by deterring the launching of
aggression against the Russian Federation and its allies.
The Russian Federation:
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will not employ its nuclear weapons against any state-party to the Treaty
on the Nonproliferation of Nuclear Weapons, dated I July 1968, which does
not possess nuclear weapons except in the cases of: a) an armed attack
against the Russian Federation, its territory, Armed Forces, other troops,
or its allies by any state which is connected by an alliance agreement
with a state that does possess nuclear weapons; b) joint actions by such
a state with a state possessing nuclear weapons in the carrying out or
in support of any invasion or armed attack upon the Russian Federation,
its territory, Armed Forces, other troops, or its allies;
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actively advocates the cessation of nuclear weapons tests and promotes
the establishment of dialogue on this question with the ultimate goal of
achieving a comprehensive ban;
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seeks the reduction of nuclear forces to a minimal level which would guarantee
the prevention of large-scale war and the maintenance of strategic stability
and -- in the future -- the complete elimination of nuclear weapons;
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takes, jointly with other interested countries, the requisite measures
to strengthen the regime governing the nonproliferation of nuclear weapons
and render it universal in nature.
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The Russian Federation ensures its military security by means of all
the means at its disposal with priority accorded to political, diplomatic,
and other peaceful means. In this context, the Russian Federation deems
it necessary to possess Armed Forces and other troops and to employ them
for the following purposes:
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protection of the sovereignty, territorial integrity, and other vitally
important interests of the Russian Federation in the event of aggression
launched against it or its allies;
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the conduct of peace-keeping operations by decision of the UN Security
Council or in accordance with the Russian Federation's international commitments;
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the termination of armed conflicts and any unlawful armed violence on the
state border or the border of another state in accordance with treaty commitments,
or within the bounds of the territory of the Russian Federation that threaten
its vitally important interests.
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The basic existing and potential sources of external military danger
for the Russian Federation are:
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the territorial claims of other states on the Russian Federation and its
allies;
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existing and potential local wars and armed conflicts, particularly those
in the immediate vicinity of the Russian borders;
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the possibility of the use (including the unsanctioned use) of nuclear
and other types of weapons of mass destruction which a number of states
have in service;
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the proliferation of nuclear and other types of weapons of mass destruction,
their delivery systems, and the latest military production techniques in
conjunction with the attempts by certain countries, organizations, and
terrorist groups to realize their military and political aspirations;
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the possibility of strategic stability being undermined as a result of
the violation of international accords in the sphere of arms limitation
and reduction and of the qualitative and quantitative buildup of armaments
by other countries;
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attempts to interfere in the internal affairs of and destabilize the internal
political situation in the Russian Federation;
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The document then goes on to identify factors which help transform a
military danger into an immediate military threat to the Russian Federation:
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the buildup of groupings of troops (forces) on the borders of the Russian
Federation to the point where they disrupt the prevailing correlation of
forces;
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attacks on facilities and installations on the state border of the Russian
Federation and on the borders of its allies and the launching of border
conflicts and armed provocations;
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the training of armed formations and groups on the territory of other states
which are intended to be transferred to the territory of the Russian Federation
and its allies;
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the actions of other countries which hinder the functioning of Russian
systems for the support of the strategic nuclear forces and of state and
military command and control of, above all, their space component;
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the introduction of foreign troops in the territory of neighboring states
of the Russian Federation (if this is not connected with measures to restore
or maintain peace in accordance with a decision of the UN Security Council
or a regional organ of collective security with the agreement of the Russian
Federation).
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