Russia plans to impose a continuous “order monitoring” in the Black Sea region. It is for this purpose that the Russian defense ministry recently deployed drones to Crimea, to perform reconnaissance and patrol missions around the occupied peninsula. According to the Russians, this will allow establishing control of a large part of the Black Sea. Russia’s tighter grip is also likely to be directly related to restrictions imposed by Russia on almost a quarter of the Black Sea area, thereby blocking shipping routes to Bulgaria, Georgia, Romania, and Ukraine.
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War ships of the NATO Standing Maritime Group-2 take part in a military drill on the Black Sea, 60km from Constanta city March 16, 2015.
