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Originally Posted by jammies
You know what Russian bases there are outside of the old Soviet republics and Russia itself? There's a naval resupply base in Vietnam, and 2 bases in Syria, one naval and one air. That's it. You cannot credibly claim to be a superpower without the ability to project power worldwide. Even the British and French still have a far greater reach than that.
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Military bases on foreign soil are nice, but you don't really need them when the countries you want to threaten are right across the border and not on another continent.