Russia said the US national security strategy, unveiled by Donald Trump on Monday, displayed an “imperial” attitude towards Russia and a “brazen lack of desire to give up on a unipolar world”.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters on Tuesday that Russia did not accept that it was a threat to US security.
The new US strategy is at odds with the conciliatory tone Mr Trump often strikes towards his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin. It accused Russia of “using subversive measures” to undermine Europe and Nato, which “intimidate its neighbours with threatening behaviour” (including troop movements), and “violate the sovereignty” of Georgia and Ukraine.