Peskov responded to criticism of the updated concept of Russian foreign policy

Updating the concept of Russia’s foreign policy was associated with the “new realities”. This was announced by the press secretary of the President of Russia Dmitry Peskov.

“The concept itself has been updated in light of new realities,” he said.

According to Peskov, “such an aggressive development of events around us” makes it necessary “that we also reserved such a right” to repel or prevent an armed attack on Russia or its allies. “The practice of preventive use has been widely used and is being used by many countries in the world. First of all, we are talking about the countries of the collective West,” he said.