Deputy Minister of Defense of the United Kingdom in a letter Mark Lancaster, addressed to the members of the House of Representatives of the British Parliament, in response to a formal request for the actions of Russia in the Arctic region, He noted, that Russia expanded its military presence in the Arctic.
Answering the question of Parliament, Lancaster said, that Russian arctic command greatly expanded military presence and activity in the Far North, and although Russia's actions are lawful and comply with all accepted conventions, The United Kingdom is closely monitoring this region. He said, that is currently in the North Atlantic has increased the activity of Russian submarines, conducted exercises strategic bombers. At the same time, Britain is strongly concerned about the fact, that Russia could in future cover all the navigation paths to the British ships in the Far North.
recall, that at the beginning of this year, the British Parliament, attended the state of affairs of the country in the Arctic region. Committee on Defense House of Commons decided to develop a strategy for the United Kingdom operations in the Arctic amid growing Russian military positions in the region. To this end, the UK Defense Ministry to collect and compile data on the deployment in the Arctic Russian weapons systems. Also earlier British experts concluded, that in the future the Arctic region is more likely to be an area of conflict between Russia and NATO.
