Russia Plans Buildup In The Mediterranean

February 6, 2008

Russia has completed a two-week naval exercise in the Mediterranean and plans to re-establish its footprint in the region.

Russian navy commander Admiral Vladimir Vysotsky said his force would establish a presence in areas deemed by Moscow as strategic. Vysotsky said this would include the Mediterranean and the neighboring Atlantic Ocean.

“What is important is that we have arrived [in the Atlantic and the Mediterranean] at a scheduled time and not just that we appeared there,” Vysotsky said on Feb. 3. “We’ll do all we can to build up our presence where Russia has strategic interests.

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