Russia may turn down its military bases in Belarus :: Charter'97 :: News

Russia is to turn down its radiolocation stations which are located beyond its territories. That was reported, according to the Russian mass media, by the commander in chief of the space air forces of Russia General Colonel Vladimir Popovkin at the space aircraft exhibition “MAKS-2007” 23 August.

According to him the Russian space military forces “are to leave its radiolocation stations beyond Russian territories to avoid the dependence of the country’s defense on the “foreign policymakers”.
I assure you that there are no “loopholes “ in our antimissile shield, Popovkin said .However, there is a problem which is connected with stations beyond our territories- in Ukraine, Belarus, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan “, the BelaPAN informs.

According to the General Colonel Vladimir Popovkin in case of a conflict “an intension may appear to use those radiolocation stations for making pressure on Russia, for example through their depowering”, General Colonel Vladimir Popovkin specified.

There are two military objects belonging to the Russian Federation- radiolocation Station ”Volga” (Gantsevichi, Brest region ) and center of remote control of the Russian Navy (Vilieka, Minsk region). Around 900 army men serve and 500 people work there.