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Russia’s Bases in S. Ossetia, Abkhazia Manned with Military
Russia’s military bases in South Ossetia and Abkhazia have been completely manned with military, RIA Novosti reported with reference to General Staff Chief Nikolay Makarov.
Some 3,700 servicemen of Russia have been sent to South Ossetia, and Abkhazia will host equal number of Russia’s military. The RF military bases are located in South Ossetia’s Java and Tskhinvali and Abkhazia’s Gudauta.
The process of bases equipment is underway. “I think that, by the end of 2010, the bases will be equipped up to the last word of our construction engineering,” Makarov said.
The friendship and cooperation treaties with Abkhazia and South Ossetia provide for deployment of Russia’s military bases in those republics. The treaties were signed in the fall, after Russia stepped in to oppose Georgia’s attack on South Ossetia in August. Russia was also the first to recognize independence of South Ossetia and Abkhazia.
www.kommersant.com
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