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Significance
The document describes a confrontational relationship with Washington and its European allies, and asserts Moscow's right to respond to their "unfriendly actions" however it sees fit. To compensate, it recommends a renewed focus on traditional partners China, India and former Soviet states -- rather than seeking out new ones.
Impacts
Economic policy will continue to be built around the National Projects, designed to achieve many of the objectives set out in the NSS.
Efforts to arrest demographic decline, a crucial element of the NSS, will be set back by additional mortality during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The creation of working groups on climate change indicates an awareness of the need for more coherent planning.
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