US 'Plans' For Near Abroad Irk Russia

From Press TV:

A Russian military official has expressed alarm over alleged US plans to set up military bases in two ex-Soviet republics, reports say.

Russia's chief of the General Staff, General Nikolai Makarov, accused Washington on Tuesday of planning to extend its foothold in Central Asia, Russian news agencies reported.

"American military bases are dotted throughout the world,…The US has opened bases in Romania and Bulgaria, and according to our information plans to establish them in Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan," Gen. Makarov was quoted.

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