18 Apr 2016 14:33

Shoigu inspects air defense system units on Franz-Joseph Land

ALEXANDRA LAND (Franz-Joseph Land). April 18 (Interfax) - Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu has arrived on an island of the Franz-Joseph Land Archipelago, where he will inspect the combat duty of the air defense units of the Northern fleet, Igor Konashenkov, the head of the Defense Ministry press service and information department, has reported.

He added that Shoigu will also inspect the personnel's working and living conditions.

"The defense minister will inspect the construction of a unique closed-type administrative-residential complex, Arctic Trefoil, which is erected in the northernmost point of Russia. The administrative-residential complex Arctic Trefoil has a total area of over 14,000 square meters," Konashenkov said.