ST.PETERSBURG, December 7. /TASS/. The restoration of military infrastructure in the Arctic is intended to ensure security and create calm conditions for people, and is not aimed at militarization, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin said on Monday.
"Restoring military infrastructure on the territory of the Arctic macroregion is not aimed at militarization of the Arctic, but at creating favorable and I would say calm conditions for life and work of people," Rogozin told a plenary meeting of the international forum: "Arctic: Today And The Future."
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