Europe "A positive step": Russia welcomes new US security strategy
Russia praises the new US security strategy as a major step forward for mutual relations. "The change in the US national security strategy by President Donald Trump's administration, in which Russia is no longer mentioned as a direct threat, is a positive step," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told the Russian state news agency Tass.
07.12.2025, 06:49
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The Trump administration's message for Russian-American relations differs from the approaches of previous administrations. The Kremlin will closely examine the updated US strategy.
The White House published its new security strategy a few days ago. Although the US government describes an end to the war in Ukraine as a key interest in the document, there are hardly any critical words for Russia. An end to the hostilities is necessary "to stabilize European economies and prevent an unintended escalation or expansion of the war". "Strategic stability" must be established with Russia.
Criticism for Europe
In contrast, the USA laments a loss of democracy and freedom of expression in Europe in the strategy and calls for a course correction. According to the US government, Europe's problems include immigration policy, "censorship of free speech and the suppression of political opposition, plummeting birth rates, and the loss of national identities and self-confidence".
The new strategy was immediately met with harsh criticism from European countries. German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul said in response to the critical comments on freedom of expression that he did "not believe that anyone needs to give us advice on this".
