Asia - Voice of America: Putin Praises NATO in Afghanistan, but Prepares Fallback Plan

Asia - Voice of America asia

Putin Praises NATO in Afghanistan, but Prepares Fallback Plan Aug 6th 2012, 20:40 MOSCOW — After years of complaining about American troops in Afghanistan, Russian President Vladimir Putin is now urging them to stay. At the same time, however, he is preparing a fallback plan. Russia's elite parachutist soldiers welcomed Putin on a visit last week to Ulyanovsk, an air base city on the flight path between Moscow and Afghanistan. During the 1980s, Ulyanovsk was a major staging area for Soviet troops fighting in Afghanistan. This month, it became a staging area for NATO ... Media files: A090632E-AF0B-49EB-9752-3FDBA5F1D3CD_cx0_cy7_cw0_w800_r1.jpg (image/jpeg, 0 MB)

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