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Russia's 2nd military drill in US 'backyard'
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Friday, Dec 12, 2008
A Russian missile destroyer will arrive in Nicaragua for a joint
naval exercise amid growing tensions between Moscow and Washington.
Navy spokesman, Capt. 1st Rank Igor Dygalo, said on Thursday
that Admiral Chabanenko missile destroyer and two support ships
would arrive in Nicaragua on Friday.
"After crossing the Panama Canal, the Admiral Chabanenko
and two support ships will visit the port of Bluefields in Nicaragua
on December 12-15," Dygalo told Ria Novosti.
After a joint military exercise with Venezuela in the Caribbean
Sea, Russia planned to have another maneuver with Nicaragua.
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Last week, the Russian nuclear-powered missile cruiser Peter
the Great participated in the VenRus-2008 naval exercise in the
Caribbean.
Tensions between the White House and the Kremlin have intensified
after the August conflict between Russia and Georgia, a US ally,
in South Ossetia.
The war began when Georgian military forces launched an offensive
into South Ossetia to retake the independence-seeking region.
In response, Russia sent its troops into the region, which many
of its people enjoy Russian citizenship.
After the conflict, when Russia recognized the breakaway regions
of South Ossetia and Abkhazia as independent states, Nicaraguan
President Daniel Ortega supported the measure.
Earlier, Russia announced that its Navy would build up a constant
presence throughout the world's oceans, including its current
naval task groups.
Meanwhile, a task force from Russia's Pacific Fleet, comprising
the Admiral Vinogradov, an Udaloy class missile destroyer, left
its main base in Vladivostok on Tuesday to take part in joint
naval drills with the Indian navy in the Indian Ocean.
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