MOSCOW (Sputnik) – The Russian Defense Ministry plans on completing the construction of its military facilities on the islands of the Arctic as well as the creation of the infrastructure on the Kuril Islands in the Far East by the end of 2016, Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said Tuesday.
“In general, everything needs to be completed in regard to the islands. Further we will move on to the second stage of constructing our bases in the Arctic,” Shoigu said during a meeting.
In December, the Russian Defense Ministry announced that Russia would complete the construction of 440 military facilities in the Arctic by the end of 2015 and approximately another 400 in 2016.
