MOSCOW, December 26. /TASS/. Russia has taken resolute steps to protect its vital national interests in 2025, the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement summing up the main foreign policy results of the outgoing year.

Unfriendly nations had to acknowledge that it is impossible to inflict a strategic defeat on Russia.

TASS has compiled key takeaways from the ministry’s statements.

Russia has taken "resolute steps to protect the country’s vital national interests on the outer contour, focusing on former Soviet republics and the Eurasian space."

Jointly with its allies, Russia has reaffirmed its commitment to the idea of stability of the post-WWII world order and its foundation as outlined in the goals and principles of the UN Charter in their entirety, complexity and integration."