Ukraine war latest: Tyrant Vladimir Putin rolls out global vision of ‘Russian world’ used to JUSTIFY sick invasion

VLADIMIR Putin has approved a new foreign policy doctrine based around the frightening concept of a “Russian World”. The 31-page “humanitarian policy”, published more than six months into the war in Ukraine, says Russia should “protect, safeguard and advance the traditions and ideals of the Russian World”. It is a notion that conservative ideologues have used to justify intervention abroad in support of Russian-speakers – and the reason used to launch the war in Ukraine. While presented as a kind of soft power strategy, it enshrines in official policy ideas around Russian politics and religion that some hardliners have used to justify Moscow’s occupation of parts of Ukraine and support for breakaway pro-Russian entities in the east of the country. The policy said: “The Russian Federation provides support to its compatriots living abroad in the fulfillment of their rights, to ensure the protection of their interests and the preservation of their Russian cultural identity,” It said that Russia’s ties with its compatriots abroad allowed it to “strengthen on the international stage its image as a democratic country striving for the creating of a multi-polar world.” Read our Ukraine-Russia blog below for the latest updates…