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Vladimir Putin will meet with senior officials of the Defence Ministry and the Security Council Staff

May 12, 2013

Vladimir Putin will hold a meeting with senior officials of the Defence Ministry and the Security Council Staff on May 13 to examine the results of the snap military exercises that took place on March 28–29, 2013, in Krasnodar Territory.

Mr Putin, as Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, gave the order on March 28, 2013, to launch large-scale military exercises in the Black Sea area, and on March 29 came to Krasnodar Territory to personally see how the exercises were going.

The exercises involved up to 7,000military personnel, over 30 warships based in Sevastopol and Novorossiisk, aviation, rapid deployment airborne troops, marines and the special forces of the General Staff.

May 12, 2013