Russia Security Update: December 22, 2015-January 5, 2016
January 5, 2016 - Hugo Spaulding![](https://understandingwar.org/sites/default/files/styles/thumb-wide/public/Russia%20Security%20Update%2005%20JAN_h-01-01-01_1.png?itok=QxpjHiB-)
Russia heightened its confrontation with the U.S. and its allies beyond conventional military aggression, conducting information, economic, and possible cyber operations. President Vladimir Putin instituted a new national security strategy outlining Russia’s primary security objectives and threats. Russia accused the U.S. and its partners of conducting multimodal warfare in an effort to contain Russia’s resurgence as a great power, a core objective in its updated strategy. Moscow also suggested that U.S.