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Maritime focus for new operations centres

2nd February 2016 - 11:27 GMT | by Eugene Gerden in St Petersburg

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Russia is looking to strengthen its maritime security with the establishment of special operations centres in five coastal regions across the country.

The move is part of a recent decree signed by President Vladimir Putin to improve maritime security and counter-terrorism capabilities.

The new operations centres, whose activities will be controlled by the Federal Security Service, will be established in Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Simferopol, Murmansk and Kaspiysk.

The centres will be based in areas of strategic maritime importance including the Othotsk Sea, Black Sea, Barents Sea and Caspian Sea.

A spokesman of the Federal Security Service (FSB) said that each of the

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Eugene Gerden is a Shephard correspondent based in St Petersburg.

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