Russia has welcomed US President Donald Trump's new national security strategy, saying the document aligns closely with Kremlin's own thinking. It is the strongest endorsement Moscow has given to a US strategy paper since the end of the Cold War.

The strategy outlines Trump's idea of "flexible realism" and suggests reviving the Monroe Doctrine, which treats the Western Hemisphere as an area of US influence. It also warns that Europe faces "civilisational erasure", calls negotiations to end the war in Ukraine a "core" US interest, and says Washington aims to restore strategic stability with Russia.

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told state television reporter Pavel Zarubin that "the adjustments that we see correspond in many ways to our vision".

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