Putin orders headquarters to be created for fight against terrorism in port cities

Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a decree, according to which a headquarters for the fight against terrorism should be established at the most important port cities of the country. 

There are six cities in the document: Kaspiysk, Murmansk, Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Simferopol and Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk.

The headquarters will plan counter-terrorist operations in the territorial seas, exclusive economic zones, on the continental shelf of the Russian Federation and on vessels flying the national flag.