Russia has begun to establish a permanent naval base in the Arctic – Amic.ru

Russia has begun to establish a permanent naval base in the Arctic – Amic.ru

Russian forces create a permanent base for the Northern Fleet in located in the Arctic Siberian Islands. Details of the reports “Interfax”.

“ The main goal of the next campaign detachment of the Northern Fleet in the Arctic – to deliver personnel, equipment and property of the Northern Fleet task force, which from this year will be to serve in the New Siberian Islands on a regular basis “, – said the commander of the Northern Fleet, Admiral Vladimir Korolev was quoted as saying in the report of the Press and Information of the Ministry of Defense, received by the” Interfax “on Saturday.

To the New Siberian Islands from Severomorsk came a detachment of ships and ships as part of a large anti-submarine ship “Admiral Levchenko” large landing ships “George” and “Kondopoga” tanker “Sergey Osipov”, rescue tug “Pamir” and mooring the vessel Baltic Fleet “Alexander Pushkin”.

Northern Fleet Commander also emphasized that “to ensure the safest possible conditions for navigation in the complex, in terms of navigation conditions, the Arctic regions, the transition squadron will be organized taking into account the features of the hydro-meteorological and continuous monitoring of ice conditions, which will be involved in aircraft and helicopters Northern Fleet naval aviation “.

It is expected that certain stages of the transition regions of the Northern Sea Route detachment of ships of the Northern Fleet will be accompanied by nuclear icebreakers State Corporation” Rosatom “.

This is the third large-scale campaign of ships Northern Fleet in the Arctic over the past few years. In 2012, the Marines of the Northern Fleet for the first time in the history of the Russian Navy carried out amphibious landing on unequipped coast Boiler. In 2013, a detachment of ships led by the flagship of the Northern Fleet nuclear cruiser “Peter the Great” delivered to the New Siberian Islands techniques and equipment to restore aviation commandant “Temp”.

In late August, Russian President Vladimir Putin said that Russia intends to develop and strengthen their position in the Arctic, including restoring military infrastructure, but is ready to consider the interests of other states.

“Many perceive our activities as a wary, scared of this activity. We have a lot of said many times that we act solely in the framework of international law, we have always acted so and so are going to act in the future “, – Putin said on August 28, speaking at the youth forum” Seliger-2014 “.

A few days before the Foreign Minister of Canada, John Baird in an interview with the Danish newspaper Berlingsk expressed concern buildup of Russian military forces in the Arctic, and said that his country is ready to defend its interests in the region, including the use of force.