HC Deb 26 April 1995 vol 258 cc585-6W
Mr. William Powell

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what is his latest estimate of the number of Russian forces stationed in each sovereign state outside present Russian borders. [20280]

Mr. Soames

Some Russian-controlled military units stationed outside Russia are mixed-manned with Russians and local ethnic groups. The rounded figures for Russian-controlled units are as follows:

  • Turkmenistan around 1,000
  • Tajikistan: 25,000
  • Kazakhstan: 23,000
  • Uzbekistan: around 100
  • Kyrgyzstan: around 500
  • Estonia: none
  • Lithuania: none
  • Latvia: 600
  • Armenia: 15,000
  • Azerbaijan: 300
  • Georgia: 25,000
  • Moldova: 8,000
  • Ukraine: 35,000
  • Belarus: 3,000

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