Russia wants to build naval bases abroad

Russia wants to set up the first time since the collapse of the Soviet Union a new naval base beyond its borders. When sites were Cuba, Vietnam and the Seychelles envisaged the state news agency RIA reported, citing the head of the Navy. In recent years, Russia has the scope of his Navy gradually extended.The ships were sent to distant areas. This should especially be shown more presence in the U.S. military-dominated world. "It is true, we are working to provide the navy with bases outside the Russian Federation", the Vice-Admiral Viktor Chirkov cited. Currently, the Russian Navy only a base outside of its territory, in Syria.Because of the uprising against President Bashar al-Assad, then the future of the base in Tartus is uncertain. A still from the days of the Soviet Union coming naval base in Vietnam, Russia was in 2002 for cost reasons.