Jamestown Foundation Issues Commentary: New Law Gives Kremlin Expanded Power to Use Force to Defend Russians Abroad
May 23, 2026
May 23, 2026
WASHINGTON, May 23 -- The Jamestown Foundation issued the following commentary on May 21, 2026, by Paul Goble, specialist on ethnic and religious questions in Eurasia, in the foundation's Eurasia Daily Monitor:
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New Law Gives Kremlin Expanded Power to Use Force to Defend Russians Abroad
Executive Summary:
* The Russian Duma passed a law giving the Kremlin the right to deploy military force abroad to "defend the rights of citizens . . .
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New Law Gives Kremlin Expanded Power to Use Force to Defend Russians Abroad
Executive Summary:
* The Russian Duma passed a law giving the Kremlin the right to deploy military force abroad to "defend the rights of citizens . . .