Signatures against Russian air base are being collected in Babruisk. The initiative group was formed in the city on 25 November. An activist of the organizing committee of the party Belarusian Christian Democracy Siarhei Haishun said that there will be a campaign against deployment of the Russian military base in Babruisk.
As reported by bchd.info, signatures are collected on city streets, in shopping malls and stores.Haishun is helped by volunteers.
In September, Vladimir Putin instructed to sign an agreement to establish an air base in Belarus. There were held unauthorized protests in Minsk. Later, Aliaksandr Lukashenka said that he sees no need for a Russian air base in the country. The issue of the airbase was to be discussed during the meeting between Lukashenka and Putin in Moscow, but it was postponed.
The project to deploy a Russian air base in Belarus implies that the airport in Babruisk will accomodate twelve combat aircraft and four military transport Mi-8 helicopters. These figures were recently made public by director of operations of the Russian aerospace forces Alexander Lyapkin.
Photo: bchd.info