Russian Black Sea Fleet is ready to vacate its naval base in Sevastopol. Russian vice primer Sergey Ivanov stated to BBC about it.
Sergei Ivanov said Russia would seek to renew its lease on the Crimean port, but will move the Fleet if it cannot.
Asked if he could envisage the Fleet not being based in the Crimea - its home for the last 225 years - Mr Ivanov, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin's number two who oversees Russia's military and industry he said:
‘Yes I can imagine that easily after 2017. Why not, if the Ukrainian government then in power decides not to prolong the lease?’
Mr Ivanov mounted a robust defence of Russian action in Georgia and strongly criticized Nato's expansion eastwards. He dismissed America's claims that its plans for a missile defence shield in Europe are to protect it from Iran and North Korea.
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