MOSCOW, January 10. /TASS/. The Russian Navy will form five marine divisions and one brigade, Navy Commander-in-Chief Admiral Nikolay Yevmenov said.

"In order to increase combat capabilities of marines as a separate arm of the Navy, it is planned in the midterm to develop existing five marine brigades in the fleets into divisions, while the marine regiment of the Caspian flotilla will become a brigade," he told the Krasnaya Zvezda daily.

Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu announced plans in December to develop five marine brigades into divisions.