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8 of September, 15:11

Russia began to build a military city in the Arctic Russia began to build a military city in the Arctic. Complex on the Peninsula and Wrangel island and Cape Otto will be in the form of stars.

To ensure the livelihoods of Arctic group BBO assigned only a month. Then will be collected 2 34-modular administrative-residential complex "polar star". This form will allow the military relaxed to move to metropolis. Block-modules already delivered on the Peninsula, Wrangell and Cape Otto. "On the Peninsula and Wrangel island and Cape Otto Schmidt unloaded block modules for the construction of military installations. Complex plans in the form of a star, which allows the military relaxed to move within the building, the maximum limit being outdoors in low temperatures," said head of public relations division of the Eastern military district of the Russian Federation Colonel Alexander Gordeev.

The city will be residential, commercial, administrative blocks, rooms for sports, saunas and psychological relaxation room. The construction of the object as a step towards strengthening the position of the Russian Federation in the Arctic for the military-political and financial-economic fronts. Until the end of 2014 will happen expansion of military forces in this area. On the Peninsula Boiler will be 99-I tactical group, and 80-I separate motorized rifle brigade in the village of locomotive Alakurtti Murmansk region, informs RIA Novosti. Also, on the Islands of the Land of Alexander I, the New Earth, Wrangel island and the Cape will unfold radar posts and points of guidance aviation. Amongst other projects include strengthening of border troops of the Federal security service. The following year, by October 2015, the Islands will be completed on the resumption of infrastructure defense.

Remember, back in early April, President Vladimir Putin ordered the creation of the Arctic system based surface ships and submarines modern inventions, secure the border, and even ordered a new state Agency that will implement the policy of the Russian Federation in the Arctic.
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