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Moscow – There is no problem in the Arctic, whose solution requires the presence of NATO forces, said Russian special envoy Anton Vasilyev.

There are no problems at all there, whose solution needs military force, he said. "Problems do exist in the Arctic, but we have no questions there which require military force. We do not need the presence of military-political blocs in the Arctic," the diplomat said in an interview with Interfax.