Putin rattles the nuclear sabre again: Russian defence minister Sergei Shoigu visits Arctic island notorious for testing nukes - as Kremlin stages huge naval war games

Shoigu's trip to Novaya Zemlya, a remote Arctic archipelago, comes amid show of strength war games by Vladimir Putin's Northern Fleet involving 20 naval ships and more than 8,000 troops.

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