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This paper argues that ever since the 2013-2014 Euromaidan protests in Ukraine, the Putin Regime has viewed anti-government protests at home and abroad as a potential military threat. More specifically, the paper's author 1) describes how this dubious assumption has been unequivocally formalized in Russia's most recent National Security Strategy; 2) warns that Moscow is thinking about the military capabilities and tactics it will need to move against future anti-regime protests; and 3) reminds Western governments that they will have to keep this possibility clearly in mind.