Russia to Redeploy Hardware from Georgia to Russia, Armenia

Civil Georgia, Tbilisi / 2005-05-19 14:32:29

The Chief of Staff of the Russian Armed Forces, Gen. Yuri Baluevsky,
said on May 19 that Russia’s military hardware and equipment currently
stationed in Georgia’s two bases will be redeployed in Russia and
Armenia, Interfax news agency reported.

He said that decision to deploy part of the military hardware in
Armenia will make it possible to finish the process of withdrawal from
Georgia in four years. In previous years, Russia claimed that it would
need at least nine, or eleven years to close down bases in Georgia.