Russia enhances control in the Arctic
The Russian border guard service plans to establish a monitoring network in the Arctic from Murmansk to the Wrangel Island.
The monitoring network will ensure effective control over the Arctic, says First Deputy Commander of the Federal Security Service’s (FSB) Border Guard Service Colonel General Vyacheslav Dorokhin, according to Nezavisimaya Gazeta.
The Northern Sea Route is currently controlled from the air by FSB aircrafts, on the western part of the route by vessels from the border guard service in Murmansk and on the eastern part of the route by coast guard vessels from the North-Eastern Border Guard Agency, Dorokhin says.
The general underlines that the Arctic is a priority area for the FSBs border guard service.
