Russia has no plans for new military bases abroad

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Wed Jun-09-10 07:39 AM
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Russia has no plans for new military bases abroad

Russia has no plans to set up new military bases abroad, a senior Russian lawmaker said on Wednesday citing the defense minister.

"He said it is a luxury. We already have four military bases abroad. Building more bases would be too burdensome," said Viktor Ozerov, the head of the Federation Council's committee on defense and security.

Kyrgyzstan currently hosts a Russian airbase in Kant, some 20 kilometers (12 miles) outside the capital, Bishkek.

The Central Asian country agreed last year to extend the lease of the Kant airbase for 49 years with an automatic extension every 25 years.

Russia's Black Sea Fleet has its main base in Sevastopol on the Crimean Peninsula in Ukraine.

http://www.en.rian.ru/mlitary_news/20100609/159359739.html

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Wed Jun-09-10 07:46 AM
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1. Four! What do we have? Troops in like 150 countries and

a few hundred bases. We have 58000 troops in Germany, Why?

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