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Russia plans to establish a Black Sea naval base at the Abkhaz port of Ochamchire.Ochamchire is some 60 kilometers southeast of the Abkhaz capital of Sukhumi, near the cease-fire line with Georgia. If permanently stationed there, Russian ships essentially would control the Georgian territorial waters all the way to the Turkish border.The Georgian ports of Poti and Batumi would be well within striking distance of a base in Ochamchire, giving Russia a strong advantage in any future regional conflict. ....
Kharkiv State Aviation Production Enterprise Enters Freefall Publication: Eurasia Daily Monitor Volume: 18 Issue: 117 KhAZ production line of An-74 jets (Source: Fokus) The sudden collapse of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), in December 1991, and fracturing into 15 independent states effectively destroyed its unified, centrally planned, autarkic economy. The massive former Soviet defense sector was particularly hard-hit; during the 1990s, it scrambled to cope with hyperinflation, raw material shortages and cancelations of orders, all while attempting to reorient itself toward the global capitalist economy. Three decades later, the reverberations continue throughout the post-Soviet space but particularly in Ukraine, where many of the USSR’s major defense industries were located, from shipbuilding to aircraft and engine production. The latest Soviet defense legacy facility to fall victim to post-Soviet Ukraine’s arduous political and economic environme ....