The document, which has got a softer looks than expected by many experts, outlines Russian positions in issues of war and conflict and gives indications about behavior in military relations.
The doctrine says nothing about the option to apply nuclear weapons in preventive strikes, as earlier speculated by some analysts.
The document, an update from the former doctrine of year 2000, still however outlines NATO as the country’s main enemy. That has spurred reactions from NATO General Secretary Anders Fogh Rasmussen, who argues that the Russian document does not reflect the real world and that NATO is not an enemy of Russia.
The military doctrine was originally to be published in fall 2009, but was delayed for “technical reasons”.
