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text: russia this photo taken from a norwegian surveillance aircraft shows russian aircraft carrier admiral kuznetsov in international waters off the coast of northern norway on october   via reuters 
  russia says it has cancelled plans for a fleet of its warships to refuel at a spanish port on their way to syria 
  vasily nioradze a spokesman at the russian embassy in madrid said on wednesday that the request was canceled without giving further details the associated press reported 
  the spanish foreign ministry also confirmed that russia had withdrawn its request for the warships to refuel in the spanish port of ceuta 
  the russian embassy in madrid has just told us that it is withdrawing its demand for permission to stop over for the boats which means that the stopovers have been cancelled the ministry said in a statement on wednesday 
  the development came after spain a nato member state said it was reviewing russias request to refuel its naval fleet at ceuta after passing through the straits of gibraltar en route to syria where russian forces are engaged in an antiterror campaign in support of the syrian government 
  in a statement released on wednesday the spanish foreign ministry said that spain had been allowing russian navy ships to dock in spanish ports for years but that it treated such requests on a case by case basis 
  the naval group which passed through the english channel on friday is made up of russian aircraft carrier admiral kuznetsov as well as a nuclearpowered battle cruiser two antisubmarine warships and four support vessels escorted by submarines 
  the fleet will join around  other russian vessels already off the syrian coast 
  ceuta sits on the tip of africas north coast across the straits of gibraltar from mainland spain and bordering morocco the port is part of the eu but its nato status is unclear since  at least  russian warships have docked in ceuta 
  nato irked by spains announcement 
  nato secretary general jens stoltenberg claimed that the western military alliance was concerned by the deployment of the russian warships 
  it is each up to each nation to decide as has been nato policy for many years but we are concerned about the potential use of this carrier group to increase attacks in aleppo stoltenberg said adding all allies are aware of our concerns 
  britain echoes natos stance 
  british defense secretary michael fallon also said on wednesday that london would be extremely concerned if spain refueled the russian carrier group heading through the mediterranean towards syria 
  nato should be standing together he added 
  since march  syria has been hit by militancy it blames on some western states and their regional allies russia has been conducting air raids against daesh and other terrorist groups in the middle eastern country at the damascus governments request for more than a year now 
  russia boosts baltic fleet 
  in another development on wednesday a report said that russia was reinforcing its baltic fleet in kaliningrad with two small warships armed with longrange cruise missiles to counter a worrying nato buildup in the region 
  the report by russias daily izvestia quoted an unidentified military source as saying that the vessels the serpukhov and the zeleny dol had already entered the baltic sea and would soon become part of a newly formed division 
  kaliningrad shares land borders with poland and lithuania 
  the deployment comes at a time when nato is planning its biggest military buildup on russias borders since the cold war loading