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Russians head home after apparent wargames
off Iceland
AFP
| October 11 2004
After what appears to have been 10 days of
unannounced military training exercises off the Icelandic coast, seven Russian
war ships sailed back towards Russia on Monday, the Icelandic coast guard
said.
The Russian ships, including an aircraft carrier,
have been anchored just outside NATO member Iceland's 12-mile-zone, and
have been visible from the shore near the northeastern town of Vopnafjordur.
Russian war ships had not been seen so close to Icelandic
shores since the end of the Cold War.
Planes from the Icelandic coast guard, the NATO airbase
in Keflavik and even from the Norwegian air force had been monitoring the
Russian presence, and on Monday Icelandic trawlers found three empty Russian
lifeboats floating close to the northern town of Akureyri.
The Icelandic foreign ministry said on Monday that the
country's authorities had received no explanation for the Russian military
presence off its coast.
Yet foreign ministry spokesman Illugi Gunnarsson downplayed
the Russian presence: "There is nothing wrong their presence, they
are in international waters. According to our information they are participating
in a rescue at sea exercise. Although the exercise is unannounced, they
are not using live ammunition."
A spokesman for the Russian embassy in Reykjavik told Icelandic
daily Frettabladid that the ships were in the area for sea rescue exercises,
and said the three lifeboats were lost in bad weather.
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