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Major Russian Armed Forces Exercises to be Held in June
May 17, 2004
The Russian Armed Forces will hold major exercises in June 2004, acting
Defense Minister Sergei Ivanov told President Vladimir Putin.

"In June, permanent alert units will be redeployed from one Russian region
to some other by Defense Ministry transport planes civilian Il-62 and Il-86
aircraft," Mr. Ivanov said at president´s Monday meeting with cabinet
members.

In addition, exercises within the framework of the Collective Security
Treaty Organization (Russia, Belarus, Armenia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and
Tajikistan) will be held in the Central Asian strategic sector from August
to September, the acting defense minister noted.

"The central role will be given to the Russian permanent alert units and our
airbase in Kant [Kyrgyzstan]," Mr. Ivanov said.

"This will be a mobile redeployment of airborne and task force units," he
added.

"The Russian Navy is planning major independent and international campaigns
in the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea in August-September," Mr.
Ivanov said.

http://newsfromrussia.com/main/2004/05/17/53964.html