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Purveyor

(29,876 posts) Tue Apr 22, 2014, 07:02 PM Apr 2014

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Putin Calls For Improved Russian Military Infrastructure In Arctic

April 22, 2014
President Vladimir Putin has called for improving Russia's military infrastructure in the Arctic.

Putin said a unified system of naval bases for ships and next-generation submarines should be created in the region.

Putin was speaking at a meeting of his Security Council on April 22.

Putin described the world as "dynamically changing," and said this "is fraught with new risks and challenges to Russia's national interests, including in the Arctic."

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Putin Calls For Improved Russian Military Infrastructure In Arctic (Original Post) Purveyor Apr 2014 OP

Russian interest in Arctic is related to oil agbdf Apr 2014 #1

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1. Russian interest in Arctic is related to oil

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Tue Apr 22, 2014, 07:06 PM

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