He had a chance meeting with a geography professor in the Czech Republic who invited him on a trek to discover an abandoned Soviet military base. It was a life-changing experience. "I started to ...

The bases in Syria are Russia's only military outposts outside the former Soviet Union and have been ... "If they had been abandoned, an evacuation would indeed be underway." ...

Follow BI Video: On Facebook More from Military & Defense Located in ... the base – nicknamed "Little Moscow" by locals – was a Soviet base abandoned in 1990. The Red Army may have kept ...

The Cold War-era submarine base was converted to a museum after Ukraine’s independence, but it seems its original purpose has been restored.

Bashar Assad abandoned his presidential office and left Syria. "Russia operates two military facilities in Syria - the Russian Navy maintenance base in the port city of Tartus, and the Hmeimim Air ...