UNCLASSIFIED Russian National Security Strategy, December 2015 – Full-text Translation [Text of 31 December Russian Federation Presidential Edict 683 approving appended text of "The Russian Federation's National Security Strategy"] EDICT OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION PRESIDENT On the Russian Federation's National Security Strategy In accordance with Federal Laws 390-FZ "On Security" dated 28 December 2010 and 172-FZ "On Strategic Planning in the Russian Federation" dated 28 June 2014, I decree: 1. The attached Russian Federation's National Security Strategy is to be approved. 2. The following are to be deemed no longer valid: Russian Federation Presidential Edict 537 dated 12 May 2009 "On the Russian Federation's National Security Strategy Through 2020" (Sobraniye zakonodatelstva Rossiyskoy Federatsii, 2009, No. 20, Item 2444; Point 27 of Attachment 1 to Russian Federation Presidential Edict 483 dated 1 July 2014 "On Amending and Deeming No Longer Valid Certain Acts of the Russian Federation President" (Sobraniye zakonodatelstva Rossiyskoy Federatsii, 2014, No. 27, Item 3754). 3. This Edict comes into force from its date of signing. [Signed] Russian Federation President V. Putin Moscow, the Kremlin 31 December 2015 No. 683 -------APPROVED by Russian Federation Presidential Edict 683 Dated 31 December 2015 UNCLASSIFIED

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