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Russia to update its national security doctrine
Interfax

Moscow, 30 January: A new edition of the Russian national security concept will take into consideration every threat the international community has encountered, the first deputy chairman of the Federation Council's defence and security committee [Committee on Security and Defence Issues] Col-Gen Valeriy Manilov said at a briefing with military attaches in Moscow on Thursday [30 January].

The need for a new edition comes after an analysis of the international situation, he remarked.

"First of all, it is necessary to upgrade and raise the efficiency of subsystems containing new threats," he said.

The first subsystem is that of information and analysis, and this includes reconnaissance, the general said. Its task is early detection of threats in order to elaborate adequate, on-time prevention measures. The second subsystem is control. "This is a matter of keeping the system automatic, instead of recreating it each time an emergency arises," Manilov said.

The third subsystem consolidates forces, means and resources for rebuffing new threats, he said. "Everything meant to rebuff the threats must have its specific place, time, role and task, and must act automatically," Manilov said. The interaction subsystem must also be developed, he said.

All this will be defined in detail in the new edition of the Russian security concept, Manilov noted.

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