Expert Opinions on Russia’s Basic Nuclear Deterrence Principles
... strategic planning document prepared by a military branch, the Basic Principles of the State Policy of the Russian Federation in the Field of Naval Operations of 2017. Nonetheless, such wording is missing in what is considered to be the core document—the Military Doctrine, the text of which, as can be assumed, went through a comprehensive and robust interagency review. The release of the Basic Principles might also imply that, despite numerous rumors, the new version of the Russian Military Doctrine (the ...