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 The strategy, released by the Pentagon on Wednesday, said
Russia had repeatedly demonstrated it does not respect the
sovereignty of its neighbors and that it was willing to use force to
achieve its goals.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov expressed regret about the content
of the document and said it indicated a "confrontational attitude,
devoid of any objectivity towards our country".
"Of course this will hardly contribute to attempts to steer
bilateral relations in the direction of normalization," he told
reporters during a conference call.
 Relations between Moscow and the West are at their lowest point
since the end of the Cold War, mainly because of the crisis in
Ukraine.
The United States and the European Union imposed sanctions on Russia
after it seized the Crimea peninsula from Ukraine last year and have
accused it of providing pro-Russian separatists in east Ukraine with
weapons and soldiers.
"Russia's military actions are undermining regional security
directly and through proxy forces," the new National Military
Strategy of the United States said.
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Moscow denies sending troops and arms to the separatists in a
conflict in which more than 6,400 people have been killed and
accuses the West of plotting a coup d'etat to topple a Ukrainian
president backed by Moscow in February 2014.
(Reporting by Maria Tsvetkova; Writing by Timothy Heritage; Editing
by Maria Kiselyova)
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