President Vladimir has approved a new foreign policy doctrine based around the concept of a 'Russian World', a notion that conservative ideologues have used to justify intervention abroad in support of Russian-speakers.The 31-page 'humanitarian policy', published more than six months into the war in Ukraine, says Russia should 'protect, safeguard and advance the traditions and ideals of the Russian World'.While presented as a kind of soft power strategy, it enshrines in official policy ideas around Russian politics and religion that some hardliners have used to justify foreign intervention - such as Moscow's .
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