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Russian invasionRussian reactions  

Putin's new foreign policy portrays the United States as the biggest threat to Russian security 

The Kremlin has adopted a new foreign policy that has painted the United States as the main threat to Russian security. This is reported by the Financial Times.  

During Friday, Vladimir Putin told his Security Council that the update reflects "the radical changes in the outside world". At the meeting, his foreign minister, Sergei Lavrov, added that Russia faced an "existential threat" from hostile states.  

China, India, Iran, Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Egypt see the Kremlin as important allies, according to political analyst Andrei Kolesnikov. 

- Just like Stalin, Putin sees the world as divided into spheres of influence, where world powers compete to gather allies, he says. 

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The Russian invasion. The outside world's response 

400 days of war - the rift between the Kremlin and the West is growing ever deeper  

It has now been 400 days since Russia invaded Ukraine, and tensions between Moscow and the West continue to rise, reports Reuters.  

On Thursday, the Russian security service FSB announced that it had arrested Wall Street Journal journalist Evan Gershkovich on suspicion of espionage. The White House condemns the arrest and calls the charges "preposterous".  

At the same time, Turkey's parliament has voted yes to approve Finland's NATO application. 

- Soon both Finland and Sweden will be members, which means that President Putin will get exactly the opposite of what he wants, says NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg to Fox News.  

According to the UN, roughly 8,000 civilians have been killed in the war so far. Almost 14,000 have been injured.