RUSSIA-MILITARY-EXERCISES

Russian President Vladimir Putin inspects Russian Army’s and Naval military exercises in Pacific Ocean not far from the isle of Sakhalin on July 16, 2013. President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday inspected huge military exercises Russia’s army is carrying out close to the borders with Japan and China, in one of its biggest shows of force in the Asia-Pacific region of recent years. Thousands of tanks, 160,000 servicemen, 130 aircraft and 70 ships are involved in manoeuvres which extend over a vast area from southeastern Siberia on the border with China to Sakhalin Island north of Japan.
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