Launch of the Admiral Sergei Gorshkov class frigate. © RIA Novosti. Alexei DanichevKremlin Says Eyeing New Naval Bases Abroad -- Reuters
MOSCOW (Reuters) - President Dmitry Medvedev said on Thursday Russia was looking to open new naval bases abroad to increase the global reach of a military that shrunk abruptly when the Soviet Union collapsed.
Soviet forces drew on over a dozen naval bases in Europe, South America, Africa and South East Asia in the 1970s and 1980s; but post-Soviet economic crisis, fuel shortages and a rundown of the military confined forces largely to home bases.
Vladimir Putin began rebuilding military power after he assumed the Russian presidency in 2000.
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More News On The Russian Navy
Russia plans more foreign naval bases -- AFP
A New Generation Of Russian Warships -- Strategy Page
Russian Navy to standardize its warships and submarines -- RIA Novosti
Russian Navy will continue patrolling off the Horn of Africa -- Voice of Russia
Russian naval task force heads to Gulf of Aden -- RIA Novosti
Russia's defense ministry confirms plans to buy 2 foreign helicopter carriers -- RIA Novosti
Russia set to rebuild its nuclear-powered cruisers -- RIA Novosti
My Comment: The countries that will be open to a Russian naval presence are easy to pick out. They are .... Vietnam, Syria, Venezuela, Cuba, India, and .... that is about it.
They are probably a few other nations open to the idea of a Russian naval presence, but the Russian navy has a long way to go before it becomes large enough to warrant such arrangements .... and even then I am very skeptical that they will be able to field a navy that would justify the expense (or reason to have it).
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