Article: Russia Not to Expand Military Presence in Central Asia

Russia will not expand its military presence in Central Asia, head of the Anti-Terrorist Center of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) told the press in Bishkek on Monday.

Boris Mylnikov, the head, said that the 201st Russian division stationed in Tajikistan and its permanent units of the Federal Border Service in other Central Asian republics are completely sufficient even if the situation deteriorates.

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