The military doctrine of the Russian Federation is the main political legal document in which the official views of the state on ensuring and maintaining the military-political and economic security of the country are clearly systematized, detailed and strictly declared. It also indicates methods for achieving these goals.
The military doctrine of the Russian Federation is a normative and organizational and administrative basis for the reform of the armed forces, their planned technical re-equipment and the implementation of other necessary measures in order to maintain an appropriate level of combat capability of the Russian Armed Forces.
Throughout the twentieth century, the very concept of military doctrine has undergone very significant changes. Initially, this document was purely military in nature. But with the change in the geopolitical situation in the world, the Military Doctrine of the Russian Federation from a purely military plane moved to a significant extent in the political sphere. This document includes the preamble and three main sections.
The preamble describes and officially establishes the very concept of military doctrine, and also describes the legal basis of the document. It also indicates how the other political doctrines relate to this concept paper. The preamble also emphasizes the purely defensive orientation of the Russian state. In this regard, the Military Doctrine of the Russian Federation combines the position of a consistent and steady commitment to peaceful coexistence with a firm and clear determination to protect national interests, guaranteeing the country's military, political and economic security. The legal framework of the document is the Constitution of the Russian Federation with various regulatory legal acts and international obligations of the state.
The provisions of this document are implemented through a single centralized administrative and military administration. According to the doctrine, the same goals should be served by complexes of political, diplomatic, socio-legal, economic, informational, military and other events. In other words, the Doctrine focuses on the fact that achieving complete security of the country is possible only with the coordinated work of all state institutions as a single organism.
The first section of the document is devoted to military-political foundations. In particular, it identifies the fundamental factors of the military-political situation on the planet. The military doctrine of the Russian Federation notes a reduction in the danger of the onset of a large-scale military conflict, but at the same time, the intensification of various manifestations of extremism and separatism on national, ethnic or religious grounds. In addition, an increase in the number of local and civil wars, armed conflicts, and the aggravation of information confrontation in the world are emphasized.
The second section of the document reveals the military strategic directions and principles of the Doctrine. It also classifies modern wars and armed confrontations into large-scale, local and regional. And also by the types of damaging agents used. Particularly emphasized is the steady trend towards regional arms buildup, including mass destruction. The use of the Russian Armed Forces to repel external aggression, internal threats and suppress unconstitutional activity, as well as to solve problems in full compliance with the norms of the Constitution, is considered legitimate. The main forms of use of the Russian Armed Forces, according to the Doctrine, are counter-terrorism, peacekeeping and strategic operations.
And in the third, last section, the fundamental principles of a military-economic nature are officially fixed. The main objective of the economic supply of the armed forces is recognized as meeting the needs and requirements of the army in material and financial resources. The priority here is the full and timely material and financial support for the planned construction of military facilities, combat and mobilization training of troops, the full financing of the development and improvement of new types of weapons, special equipment and other things.