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Urgent: Putin orders Russian navy on full alert for exercise

Xinhua, March 16, 2015 Adjust font size:

Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered the Northern Fleet to be on full alert for a snap combat readiness exercise on Monday, Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu was quoted as saying by the RIA Novosti. Endi