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Russia seeks to balance US, meet 'existential threats' in new foreign policy doctrine

A view shows the Russian Foreign Ministry headquarters, the Kremlin towers and other buildings during sunset in Moscow, Russia September 29, 2022. REUTERS/Evgenia Novozhenina

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Friday that the country faced "existential threats" to its security and development from "unfriendly states" as he presented President Vladimir Putin with an updated foreign policy doctrine.

The 42-page document sets out changes to Russia's view of the world - in particular its increasingly confrontational relationship with the West - that have already taken shape and have often been articulated by Putin in recent years.

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