MOSCOW. Oct 20 (Interfax) - Military threats and political and economic pressure from Western countries have forced Russia and Belarus to take retaliatory measures, one of which is the new Military Doctrine of the Union State, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said.
"Besides military threats, we are continuing to experience political and economic pressure on our countries from the so-called collective West. In this situation, we have to take retaliatory measures," Shoigu said at a joint board meeting of the defense ministries of Russia and Belarus on Wednesday.
One of these measures is the new Military Doctrine of the Union State, he said.
"A new Military Doctrine of the Union State has been prepared, and there are plans to approve it at the next meeting of the Union State's Supreme State Council in the near future," Shoigu said.