The Federation Council proposed to strengthen the presence of Russia in the CSTO countries, South Ossetia and Abkhazia
The strengthening of Washington's hostile policy against the Russian Federation leads to the need to create Russian military bases abroad, Russia is obliged to strengthen its presence in the CSTO countries, Abkhazia and South Ossetia, the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic (PMR), Viktor Bondarev, head of the Defense Committee of the Federation Council, believes.