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While the worlds attention was distracted by his incursions into Eastern Ukraine, Russian President Vladimir Putin quietly made another provocative move that could lead to a direct confrontation with the United States. The Russian Navy sent a ship to remote Wrangel Island, planted a Russian naval flag on August 20, and announced plans to build a naval base there for Russias Pacific Fleet. Wrangel Island is a frozen, nearly uninhabited island in the Arctic Ocean, about 90 miles north of Siberia and 300 miles northwest of Point Hope, Alaska. Its about the size of our two smallest states, Delaware and Rhode Island, combined. Ask yourself why Putin is building a military base 300 miles from our shores.
Posted on: Wed, 03 Sep 2014 14:51:47 +0000

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