I find a big difference. A leased territory is very different from
either a fully sovereign base or a base operated under a status of
forces agreement. There are always interesting questions about
whether "vestigial" areas like these are still sovereign Russian
(exclaves), extraterritorial, occupied by Russia, tolerated until
removed or under a stationing agreement of some sort. Shades of status.
Len
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BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com, "Lowell G. McManus"
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> Although I haven't seen the agreement, the situation doesn't seem
much different
> from that of vestigial Russian military facilities in a number of
other former
> Soviet republics.
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> I saw something on the Fox News Channel this week about Baikonur. I
seem to
> remember Russian and Kazakh officials celebrating their friendship and
> cooperation. Perhaps it was a commemoration of the history of the
Kosmodrome.
> The Russian space program must be a significant economic factor in
Kazakhstan.
>
> Lowell G. McManus
> Leesville, Louisiana, USA
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> From: "L. A. Nadybal" <lnadybal@c...>
> To: <BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Monday, June 06, 2005 7:48 PM
> Subject: [BoundaryPoint] Russian Lease in Kasakhstan
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> > German TV ran a program over the weekend about the Russian lease
of the
> > Kosmodrom at Baikonur. Have we discussed this before? Anyone seen
> > the treaty? Another Hong Kong (without people, of couirse)?
> > LN
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