{"id":5403,"date":"2026-05-13T23:53:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-13T20:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/?p=5403"},"modified":"2026-05-13T23:53:00","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T20:53:00","slug":"vladimir-putins-new-superpowers-for-military-interventions-abroad-cause-international-alarm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/?p=5403","title":{"rendered":"Vladimir Putin&#8217;s new superpowers for military interventions abroad cause international alarm"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-path-to-node=\"1\">The <b>Russian Duma<\/b> has approved legislation giving <b>Bladimir Putin<\/b> the freedom to intervene militarily outside <b>inside<\/b> borders<\/a><\/b> in cases of persecution of <b>Russians<\/b> by <b>foreign states or international organizations<\/b>.<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"2\">In a move that is causing <b>intense concern in the international community<\/b>, the Russian Duma has approved <b>a bill<\/b> that gives <b>President Vladimir Putin<\/b> the power to order military operations abroad under the pretext of protecting Russian citizens.<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"2\">The new legislation covers <b>cases where Russian nationals are arrested, tried or mistreated by foreign states and international courts in which Russia does not participate<\/b>, with Duma Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin describing Western justice as a &#8220;<b>repressive mechanism<\/b>&#8220;. <\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"2\">The development comes at a time when <b>European intelligence agencies consider Moscow an immediate threat<\/b>, while <b>fears are expressed that the Kremlin may attempt to test NATO&#8217;s cohesion<\/b> while the Trump administration&#8217;s &#8220;window of opportunity&#8221; remains open.<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"2\"> Given that <b>similar rhetoric about protecting &#8220;compatriots&#8221; was used to justify the invasion of Ukraine<\/b>, the West is watching with obvious concern, especially after Volodymyr Zelensky&#8217;s warnings about possible future targeting of the Baltic states.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Russian Duma has approved legislation giving Vladimir Putin the freedom to intervene militarily outside the border in cases of persecution of Russians by &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5404,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5403","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5403","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5403"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5403\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/5404"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5403"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5403"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5403"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}