A file photo of Admiral Alexander Moiseyev, Russia’s Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Navy. (Alexander Kazakov/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)
NATO countries have significantly stepped up their spying activities in the Arctic, Alexander Moiseev, the head of the Russian Navy, said on Tuesday, the TASS state news agency reported.
Moiseev was quoted as saying that anti-submarine aircraft based in Iceland had become much more active, a reference TASS said to U.S., British and Canadian surveillance planes.
Moiseev, who also spoke of NATO plans to deploy strategic surveillance drones in Finland, was cited as saying that NATO’s aim was to contain Russian activities in the Arctic.
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