31 Mar 2017 12:39

Russia to complete construction of military infrastructure in Arctic by 2020 - Shoigu

MOSCOW. March 31 (Interfax-AVN) - The Russian state's resources enable it to build military infrastructure in the Arctic as planned, Russian Defense Minister Gen. of the Army Sergei Shoigu said during a teleconference at the Defense Ministry on Friday.

"We put quite a large number of facilities into operation every year. This year we need to finish our work on some of the islands. There are major plans for 2018. We should complete all of these efforts by 2020," Shoigu said.

Russia's financial resources and "our country's plans reliably guarantee the creation of this infrastructure in the North," he said.