Presidential Aide Nikolai Patrushev held a meeting of the Council for the Strategic Development of the Navy under the Russian Maritime Collegium.
The meeting considered a draft of updated Foundations of the State Policy of the Russian Federation in the Naval Activity until 2050. Their development is provided for by a Security Council decision and constitutes part of the work to update the strategic planning documents for Russia’s naval activity.
The draft prepared by the Ministry of Defence identifies the threats and challenges to the Russian state in the World Ocean, shapes the system of objectives, tasks and areas for maintaining national security in the naval activity.
The main priority objectives of the state policy in this area include maintaining strategic and regional stability in the World Ocean, strengthening the Navy as a key instrument of foreign policy, and securing Russia’s international status as a great maritime power.
The draft document underscores that the achievement of such objectives will be provided for by means of a balanced development of the Navy up to the level that guarantees protection of the Russian national interests in all areas of the World Ocean and infliction of critical damage to any potential enemy. To this end, plans are in place to upgrade and build up the combat strength and capabilities of strategic naval nuclear and non-nuclear forces and general-purpose naval groups, and to prioritise the development of unmanned naval systems.