Russian military bases in Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan received new equipment and armament

Date: 00:01, 01-04-2014.

Dushanbe. March 31. Silkroadnews - Russian military base # 201 that is stationed in Tajikistan received 40 4x4 vehicles, as the CMD's spokesperson reports.
The base is supplied with the new machinery and equipment as NATO forces withdraw from Afghanistan. The base has previously received drones.
Russian Defence Minister Sergey Shoygu has announced a planned increase in the number of military staff stationed in Tajikistan. This happens as the base receives a status of a division. (It was previously a brigade).
As mass media reports, Russian military base stationed in Kyrgyz Kant also receives new equipment.
A set of Su-25 fighter aircrafts arrived to Kyrgyzstan last December. This set also contained a training modification of that aircraft, Su-25 UB.
Kant airbase is an Air Force component of Collective Rapid Deployment Forces (CRDF) in Central Asia.

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