MOSCOW, Feb 15 - RIA Novosti. Russia's military exercises on its territory begin and end as planned, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said.
"As for the exercises that Russia is conducting, I would like to emphasize once again: on its territory, in accordance with its own plans, they begin, are being implemented, are being completed as planned, we have talked about this many times, and with regard to exercises in the west of the country, and with regard to similar events in the Far East, or joint Russian-Belarusian exercises, which are also developing and being carried out in strict accordance with a pre-agreed schedule," the minister said at a press conference.
"And this is done regardless of who thinks what, who is hysterical about it and how, who is deploying real information terrorism and how, I will not be afraid of this word," he added.
