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Saturday, June 30, 2012
Russia approves plans for NATO base
Ulyanovsk airport
Moscow confirmed Friday that it gave its consent for NATO to use an air base as a transit hub for operations in Afghanistan.
The Kremlin said it approved a decree for U.S. and NATO forces to use the Russian airbase in Ulyanovsk as a transit hub, Russia's state-run news agency RIA Novosti reports.
Announcements of the proposal sparked protests early this year in the region, the birthplace of Soviet leader Vladimir Lenin. Communist leader Gennady Zyuganov said the NATO deal was "humiliating."
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