Haykakan Zhamanak: Russia to expand military presence in Armenia

Moscow is going to expand its military presence in Armenia. Haykakan Zhamanak has learnt that the 102nd Russian military base in the Armenian city of Gyumri will be equipped with additional personnel in the near future. 

A spokesman for the Armenian Defense Ministry, Artsrun Hovhannisyan, neither confirmed nor refuted the information.

According to the paper’s sources, the number of Russian servicemen and their family members who will settle in Gyumri will be 2,500-3,000.