Russia is expected to hand over two military compounds to Tajikistan, otherwise it will have to pay about 6 billion Russian rubles to Tajikistan annually, according to Izvestia, a daily broadsheet newspaper in Russia.
The Government of the Russian Federation jointly with the Ministry of Defense of Russia reportedly developed a scheme of compensation for deployment of Russia military base in Tajikistan.
The Russian side will hand over two military compounds in the cities of Kulob and Bokhtar (formerly Qurghon Teppa) to Tajikistan as rental payment for the presence of the Russian military base in Tajikistan, Izvestia said, citing Russian Ministry of Defense.
“The Ministry of Defense has made a decision to hand over the compounds and property in order not to hinder the friendly negotiation process between the countries,” the document says.
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. In October 2012, it was signed an agreement extending the term of deployment of the Russian military base in Tajikistan until 2042
A total of some 7,000 Russian troops are now stationed at two military facilities collectively known as the 201st military base – in Dushanbe and Bokhtar (formerly Qurghon Teppa), some 100 kilometers from Dushanbe.
