22 Aug 2015 17:27

Modern group of forces needed on Kuril Islands, every condition created for that - Medvedev

ITURUP. Aug 22 (Interfax) - The group of forces stationed on the Kuril Islands maintains a good level of combat interaction, Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev has said.

"We need a modern and efficient group of forces on the Kuril Islands, and every condition has been created for that on the orders from the supreme commander in chief," Medvedev told reporters.

He visited the location of a machine gun artillery regiment as a leg of his trip to the Iturup on Saturday and was shown "certain elements of the training."