The RF General Staff Deputy Chief Gen-Col Anatoly Nogovitsyn
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Russia’s Military Deny Start of Bases Deployment in Abkhazia, S. Ossetia
The RF General Staff has denied the start of deployment of Russia’s military bases in Abkhazia and South Ossetia, RIA Novosti reported.
“Speaking about the start of deployment of military bases would be too early yet,” the RF General Staff Deputy Chief Gen-Col Anatoly Nogovitsyn said Friday. “Deploying troops in winter is a separate issue. Winters are sometimes severe even in South Ossetia and Abkhazia and we cannot abandon people in an open field,” the general explained.
According to Nogovitsyn, the RF military bases will be stationed in Abkhazia and South Ossetia in line with the schedule and under the agreements concluded with those states.
Russia recognized August 26 independence of South Ossetia and Abkhazia and then inked the Friendship and Cooperation Treaties providing for deployment of military bases on their soil. Nogovitsyn didn’t comment on deployment dates but specified that they wouldn't hurry with it. “Everything in its own time,” Nogovitsyn said.
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