MOSCOW. May 18 (Interfax-AVN) - The construction of a new, modern port at Olya in the Astrakhan region must be stepped up, Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Sergei Ivanov said.
Ivanov told the Cabinet on Thursday that, "the Defense Ministry is strongly interested in developing the port of Olya."
"It would be an additional base for the Caspian fleet," Ivanov said, adding that a modern port complex must be built there.