According to an interview with Rossiyskaya Gazeta this Tuesday, the official stated that just like NATO’s continued advance eastward, inching closer to Russia’s borders, these aggressive actions are justified by “Russophobic fabrications.” At the same time, European elites, encouraged and sponsored by London and Paris, continue to make statements about the need to inflict a strategic defeat on Russia, he noted.

According to Shoigu, under the new circumstances, the role of the Russian Security Council in organizing state and military governance is increasing. The Security Council is the only body that, according to the Constitution, is personally headed by the Russian president, he specified.

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