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Putin raises the Northern Fleet’s strategic role

Starting in 2021, the fleet will have a status equivalent to Russia's four military districts.

By Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer June 8, 2020
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In an early June decree, Russian President Vladimir Putin raised the status of the Northern Fleet to one equivalent to a military district.

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