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Pavel Felgenhauer: Putin mobilizes forces preparing to fight with NATO and US
Russia's President Vladimir Putin gives a speech during a rally and a concert by the Kremlin Wall in central Moscow on March 18, 2015.
This week (March 16–21), the Russian military began massive, “sudden” military exercises (“vnezapnaya proverka”). The authorities initially announced that the “sudden exercises” are intended to check out the battle readiness of Russia’s Northern Fleet and the possibility of reinforcing it with forces from other military districts.