NORTHERN FLEET WANTS INDEPENDENCE FROM DEFENSE MINISTRY.

Publication: Monitor Volume: 1 Issue: 56

Theonly way the Northern Fleet can survive is to get out from underthe financial control of the Russian defense ministry, its commanderstold Murmanskiy vestnik June 2. But the commanders saidthat issues of military strategy and control of strategic weaponsshould remain Moscow’s prerogative.

Moscow Welcomes Estonian Decision to Move on Treaty.