Saturday, June 30, 2012

#Afghanistan: #Russia allows #NATO to use air base.

Moscow: Russia has allowed the US and its NATO allies to use a Russian air base in Ulyanovsk city as a hub for transits to and from Afghanistan.

Moscow had announced plans to create a NATO transit hub in Ulyanovsk in March, and the decision was taken on June 25.

The decision sparked protests in the city, the birthplace of Bolshevik leader Vladimir Lenin....read more