In Russian Federation, The State Duma Authorized Putin To Deploy Troops To Countries Where Russians Are Arrested And Tried
- 14.04.2026, 18:19
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Russia's State Duma has authorized dictator Vladimir Putin to deploy troops to foreign countries - with the wording "to protect the rights of Russian citizens" (including in case of their arrest).
This was noted by the April 14 edition of The Moscow Times.
The Russian State Duma approved the first reading of a bill that expands Putin's authority to send troops to foreign countries.
According to the government-drafted document, the Russian dictator will be able to use the Russian army for operations abroad in the "case of arrest, detention, criminal and other persecution of Russians," Russian propagandists from the Interfax news agency said.
In addition, the document specifies that "we are talking about measures taken by courts of other countries with authority without the participation of the Russian Federation," as well as by international judicial bodies that the Kremlin does not recognize ("whose competence is not based on an international treaty of the Russian Federation or a UN Security Council resolution adopted in the exercise of powers under Chapter VII of the UN Charter").
The bill was introduced in the State Duma after a series of warnings from NATO and European intelligence agencies about Russia's possible preparations for a military conflict with one or more of the alliance's countries, The Moscow Times noted.
In June 2025, the head of Germany's Federal Intelligence Service (BND), Bruno Kahl, said the intelligence agency had "concrete evidence" that Russia was planning an attack on NATO territory because it wanted to test the effectiveness of Article 5 of the North Atlantic Treaty on Collective Self-Defense.
He said the Kremlin no longer believes NATO's Article 5 mutual aid guarantees are being honored and may try to test that.
In October 2025, Kahl's successor as BND chief, Martin Jaeger, told the Bundestag that Russian dictator Vladimir Putin was determined to test European borders, which could escalate into a "hot confrontation" at any moment.
"The hybrid means Russia is using to achieve this goal are now ubiquitous. The frequency of these individual incidents represents a new level of confrontation - a confrontation in which Russia views us as an adversary and a belligerent," he said.
In January 2026, the head of Germany's Armed Forces Support Command, Lt. Gen. Gerald Funke, said Russia could attack NATO countries in two to three years.
In an interview with The Times, he said he was preparing Germany for a possible Russian attack.
February 26, Polish publication Onet said that the country's Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski had estimated the cost of defending NATO's eastern flank, which also includes his country, in the event of a Russian attack.
In a statement submitted to parliament, Sikorski, in particular, cited calculations that in the event of a possible Russian attack, the defense of the countries of NATO's eastern flank would cost "at least 1,200 billion euros (1.2 trillion euros) - almost as much as the cost of six years of the Polish state's functioning," he concluded.
March 26, NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte said in his 2025 report - if Russia decides to attack NATO countries, one of the main targets will be energy (which has already been proven by Russia's war against Ukraine.