Preparedness check of Russian Armed Forces to end within 2 weeks - Shoigu

SEVEROMORSK. April 13 (Interfax) - A preparedness check of the Russian Armed Forces during which the troops have been transferred for exercises to the Russian western borders is scheduled to last for two weeks, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said.

"All events during the preparedness check are scheduled to be completed within two weeks," he said at a meeting in Severomorsk on Tuesday.