On Wednesday, June 29, 2022 at 3:16:51 AM UTC+8, David P. wrote:
> Sergei Shoigu
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> As defence minister, Shoigu continued aspects of Serdyukov's attempts at modernizing the Russian Armed Forces through reform. This included the creation of the Special Operations Forces Command to facilitate rapid intervention in conflicts within the perceived Russian sphere of influence and counterterrorism efforts. Serdyukov's goals of increasing the share of the Russian Armed Forces made up of professional contract servicemen rather than conscripts continued under Shoigu. However, the demographic challenge of a decreasing pool of military-aged and -eligible males forced him to increase national conscription quotas in early 2013, including even North Caucasians perceived as a security risk by authorities such as Chechens. This followed on from Serdyukov's initiatives of reducing available draft exemptions.
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> In Feb. 2014, Shoigu said Russia was planning to sign agreements with Vietnam, Cuba, Venezuela, Nicaragua, the Seychelles, Singapore, and several other countries either to house permanent military bases and/or to house airplane refueling stations in those countries. Over the next year, only an agreement with Vietnam was effectively signed.
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> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sergei_Shoigu

It is not easy as countries do not want to be locked down like what the people in Okinawa are facing from noise and intrusion of US forces and weapons and aircrafts stationed there. Hence, the term of contract will have to be clearly between the rest of them