Russia officially place the Mediterranean Fleet

Warships Navy guided missile cruiser Russia, Peter the Great. Russian Navy has a fleet, the fleet of the Caspian Sea, the Black Sea Fleet, the Pacific Fleet, Fleet Northern Region, and the Baltic Sea Fleet. (Wikipedia.org)

Russia has officially announced the Mediterranean Fleet is responsible in all areas of the Mediterranean Sea. The deployment is a step that said Russian President, Vladimir Putin, to protect the security of Russia.

However, the deployment carried out at Moscow being face to face with the West on the issue of Syria. Of Central Europe, the Mediterranean Sea is very important access to the Middle East from the west side.

In deploying naval permanently the first by Russia since the Soviet period, Russia has placed 16 warships and three helicopters based on the ship, said the commander in chief of Russia.

Putin said the deployment is not a show of strength and is not intended as a threat to any country. Russia's cooperation with the navies of NATO countries in dealing with piracy.

However, Russia's support for Syrian President, Bashar al-Assad, in the fight against the rebels has put Moscow in a position opposed to the West.

"This area is very important strategically and we have a job to be run in the region to provide national security in the Russian Federation," Putin said.

Naval exercises in large-scale Russian held in March and the movement of Russian ships near Syria has been seen as a show of force western Moscow.

Russia has sold weapons to the Assad government and the Syrian government to protect them from the actions of the UN Security Council.

Russia also has a maintenance and supply facility in Syria.

Announcements about the placement of the Russian Navy had come a few days after Moscow said it plans to resume patrols in the southern seas by vessels during his armed with nukes.

The patrol is Putin's broader effort to revive Russia's military power.

Putin has stressed the importance of having a strong military since he returned as president in May.

During the 13 years of being in office, he often cites threats outside when talking about the need for the armed forces to be agile and political unity of Russia.
 
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