By JEREMY TOROBIN

With Canada’s combat mission in Afghanistan winding down, the military is preparing a greater show of force in the High Arctic just as Russia is expanding its own presence in the region.

Mr. MacKay and Chief of the Defence Staff Gen. Walter Natynczyk plan to visit the High Arctic area during this year’s exercise, which will come just weeks after Russia’s Defence Minister, Anatoly Serdyukov, said his country will send two army brigades to help protect its interests in the contested, resource-rich region.

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