List of Russian military bases abroad
Country Details No . of personnel
Armenia Russian 102nd Military Base in Gyumri and the Russian 3624th Airbase in Erebuni Airport near Yerevan Est . 3,214 to 5,000
Belarus The Hantsavichy Radar Station , the Vileyka naval communication centre near Vileyka Est . 1,500
Georgia Following the Russo-Georgian War in 2008 , Russia has maintained a large presence in the disputed regions of Abkhazia and South Ossetia . The Russian 4th Military Base is located in South Ossetia and hosts around 3,500 personnel . The Russian 7th Military Base is located in Abkhazia and hosts approximately 4,500 personnel Est . 8,000
Kazakhstan The Balkhash Radar Station near Lake Balkhash , the Sary Shagan anti-ballistic missile testing range , and the Baikonur Cosmodrome space launch facility
Kyrgyzstan Kant Air Base , the 338th naval communication centre , the 954th torpedo testing range and a seismographic station
Moldova Russia maintains a sizable task force in the Transnistria separatist region for peacekeeping purposes and to guard a decommissioned arms depot in Cobasna Est . 1,500 personnel
Syria Russian naval facility in Tartus , Khmeimim Air Base , Tiyas Military Airbase , Shayrat Airbase
Tajikistan Russian 201st Military Base Est . 7,500
Vietnam The Russian Navy maintains naval resupply facilities at Cam Ranh Base
Current bases
This article lists military bases of Russia abroad. The majority of Russia's military bases and facilities are located in former Soviet republics; which in Russian political parlance is termed the near abroad. Following the dissolution of the Soviet Union, many of the early-warning radar stations ended up in former Soviet republics. Some, such as the radars at Skrunda-1 in Latvia and Dnestr radars in Ukraine are no longer part of the Russian early warning network. Others such as the radars in Belarus and Kazakhstan are rented by Russia. In 2003, Kommersant newspaper published a map of the Russian military presence abroad. In 2018, it was reported that Russia operates at least 21 significant military facilities overseas.