Moscow is planning to boost the strategic positions of its navy in the Black Sea in response to NATO’s “inadmissible” expansion towards Russian borders.
According to a newly-revised version of the Russian Navy’s doctrine published Sunday on the country’s official navy website, “strategic Russian positions” near the Crimean peninsula in the Black Sea will receive reinforcements and infrastructure improvements.
The updated doctrine states that Russia also aims at “guaranteeing an adequate military naval presence” in the Atlantic, as well as the Mediterranean, in a “permanent manner.”
Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin said on Sunday that President Vladimir Putin has approved changes …read more
Source: Iran English Radio
