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Presence of Russian military bases in Venezuela unlikely - analyst

rian.ru

Jul 23, 2008 12 related

MOSCOW, July 23 (RIA Novosti) - The likelihood of Russian military bases in Venezuela is highly improbable due to the absence of the resources necessary to maintain them, a Russian political analyst said on Wednesday. During his visit to Russia on Tuesday, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said the Russian military "would receive a warm welcome" if Moscow decided to establish a presence in the South American country. "At present, Russia does not have sufficient resources, either material or human, to deploy its military bases in this country [Venezuela]," Ruslan Pukhov, director of the Center for Analysis of Strategies and Technologies, told RIA Novosti. Russia currently maintains at least 23 foreign military bases, mainly in former Soviet republics in Central Asia. Pukhov said a Russian airbase at Kant in Kyrgyzstan was in... [read full story]