You flex your muscles and I'll flex mine. Or so it seems to go in international relations these days. Russia has deployed 12,000 troops along with numerous aircraft and weapons in a surprise military exercise in the country's northwest - a show of strength that may be a response to a long-planned European military exercise led by Norway.
CNN: In show of muscle, Russia conducts military exercise in country’s northwest
Russian military troops take part in a military drill on Sernovodsky polygon close to the Chechnya border, some 260 km from south Russian city of Stavropol, on March 19.
