QURGHON TEPPA, May 14, 2015, Asia-Plus — A servicemen of the Russian military base in Tajikistan has reportedly been found hanged in the Square named after the 70th Anniversary of Vakhsh Valley in Qurghon Teppa, the capital of Khatlon province today morning.
An official source at the Interior Ministry’s office in Khatlon says the 21-year-old servicemen of the Russian military facility deployed in Qurghon Teppa, Mikhail Borisov, was found hanged in the Square named after the 70th Anniversary of Vakhsh Valley on May 14, at 5:00 am.
“According to the preliminary version, he committed suicide over jealousy but investigators are studying other versions as well,” the source noted.
The Russian military base deployed in Tajikistan is Russia”s largest non-naval military facility outside the country. It was officially opened in Tajikistan in 2004 under a previous agreement, which was signed in 1993, and hosts Russia’s largest military contingent deployed abroad.
A total of some 7,000 Russian troops are stationed at three military facilities collectively known as the 201st military base – in Dushanbe, Qurghon Teppa, some 100 kilometers from Dushanbe, and Kulob, about 200 kilometers southwest of Dushanbe.
