2 Brigades of Troops to Protect Arctic

The armed forces General Staff will create two brigades to protect Russia’s valuable Arctic resources, Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov said Friday. Russia has walked a fine line between cooperation and aggression in the Arctic, which it believes could hold huge reserves of natural gas and oil. “The General Staff is currently working on plans to create two such units,” Serdyukov told reporters, Itar-Tass reported. […]