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07Dec15
Russia completes equipping of six military bases in Arctic — General Staff source
Russia has completed equipping its six military bases in the Arctic, a high-ranking source in the Russian army's General Staff told TASS on Monday.
"According to the General Staff's execution documents, the work for the deployment and equipment of six military bases on the Arctic islands and in the polar part of mainland Russia is completed," the source said at the fifth international forum that discusses the Arctic and its present and future.
He said that the bases were deployed on the islands of Kotelny (New Siberian Islands), Alexandra Land (part of the Franz-Joseph Land archipelago), Sredny (Severnaya Zemlya), as well as in the Rogachevo settlement (Novaya Zemlya), on Cape Schmidt and Wrangel Island (part of the Chukotka autonomous area).
[Source: Itar Tass, St. Petersburg, 07Dec15]
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