Translate

Monday, 23 January 2017

Russian naval budget approved for extending Black Sea Fleet according to the Dutch newspaper Rotterdamsch nieuwsblad dated 12 June 1914

An item reported that the Russian Duma commission approved the budget needed for immediate increase of the Black Sea fleet. All representatives agreed that the international situation declined more and more due to the arms race. The minister of navy even requested a new budget of 600 million rubles for building warships for the Baltic and Black Sea fleets.