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Saturday, January 17, 2009

From port to port: Kremlin's naval bases abroad

The Navy Headquarters announced on Friday the list of countries where Russia will have naval bases in several years time.

However, the Deputy Chief of Russia's Armed Forces Staff, Anatoly Nogovitsyn, considers that it’s too early to name concrete locations.

“The political decision on this matter has been made. Bases will settle down on Sokorta Island (Yemen), in Tartus (Syria) and Tripoli (Libya).

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