HAYKAKAN ZHAMANAK: RUSSIA TO EXPAND MILITARY PRESENCE IN ARMENIA

11:37 26/09/2013 ” DAILY PRESS

Moscow is going to expand its military presence in Armenia. Haykakan
Zhamanak has learnt that the 102nd Russian military base in the
Armenian city of Gyumri will be equipped with additional personnel
in the near future.

A spokesman for the Armenian Defense Ministry, Artsrun Hovhannisyan,
neither confirmed nor refuted the information.

According to the paper’s sources, the number of Russian servicemen
and their family members who will settle in Gyumri will be 2,500-3,000.

Source: Panorama.am