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Russia is to have 14 operational airfields in the Arctic by the end of the year, state media quoted defence officials as saying on 13 January 2015.
Ten airfields will be constructed by the end of 2015, in addition to the four already in use, deputy defence minister Dmitry Bulgakov reportedly said, according to the state-controlled Sputnik news agency.
The report did not disclose the location of these airfields, and neither did it clarify whether these will be reopened Soviet-era installations or built from new.
Separately, Russia has announced it is to boost its military capabilities in the annexed Crimea region, and in its Baltic enclave of Kalingrad.
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