Environmental Center Of The Northern Fleet News

The regional Environmental Center of the Northern Fleet will be established in the Arctic in the near future. The news agency TASS reported the news with reference to the Deputy Russian Defense Minister Army General Dmitry Bulgakov. According to the Deputy Defense Minister, the Center will carry out environmental monitoring and control compliance with Russian and international environmental legislation both in locations of the Fleet and in the Arctic, where Russian troops are deployed. As noted by Dmitry Bulgakov, the Russian military presence in the Arctic shall not lead to an increase in the number of sources of pollution in the region.