{"id":11401,"date":"2017-07-17T20:04:45","date_gmt":"2017-07-17T20:04:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/?p=11401"},"modified":"2017-07-17T20:04:45","modified_gmt":"2017-07-17T20:04:45","slug":"russian-occupation-army-s-7th-military-base-as-vanguard-of-russian-propaganda","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/russian-occupation-army-s-7th-military-base-as-vanguard-of-russian-propaganda\/","title":{"rendered":"Russian Occupation Army\u2019s 7th Military Base as Vanguard of Russian Propaganda"},"content":{"rendered":"

A forum titled\u00a0Beefing up NATO\u2019s Military Presence in the Black Sea Area. National Security for Abkhazia<\/em> took place in the building of the Abkhazian State University in Sukhumi, capital of the occupied Abkhazia, on April 26, 2017. An assistant reconnaissance commander of the 7th Military Base in Abkhazia was one of the speakers at the event. Curiously, the presentation by the reconnaissance officer from the military base in Gudauta was rife<\/a>\u00a0with elements of disinformation, deliberate distortion of facts and circumstances and stereotyped agitprop divorced from reality. Let us look at some examples:<\/p>\n

\u2014 \u201cMilitary exercises taking place in the Black Sea and South Caucasus are overtly hostile. They are considered by the USA and NATO countries as one of power politics methods towards Abkhazia\u201d.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u2014 \u201cThe main route for moving militants to the North Caucasus legally runs across Georgian territory which destabilizes the situation in Russia\u2019s North Caucasus region\u201d.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u2014 \u201cClaims of Russia\u2019s interference with Ukraine\u2019s domestic affairs made by leaders of the USA and a number of the European countries were used as a pretext for the military build-up in the Black Sea region\u201d.\u00a0<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

In connection with this, InformNapalm volunteer intelligence community would like to invite your attention to specific facts describing the track record of Russian occupation army\u2019s 7th Military Base, whose personnel makes cynical allegations about hostile reinforcement of NATO\u2019s military presence in the Black Sea. Strengthening the North Atlantic Alliance\u2019s military alignment\u00a0in Eastern Europe<\/a>\u00a0is merely a consequence of Russia\u2019s creeping aggression against its neighbors and a measure of deterrence.<\/p>\n

Russian occupation army\u2019s 7th Military Base\u00a0<\/strong>(strength, armament, specific features)<\/h2>\n

The 7th Military Base (military unit 09332) of the 49th Army from Russia\u2019s Southern Military District is located in the city of Gudauta in occupied Abkhazia in Georgia; it was established in 2009 after Russia\u2019s 2008 intervention in Georgia. The military base was initially set up on the basis of 131st Maykop Motorized Rifle Brigade\u00a0defeated<\/a>\u00a0by Chechen rebels during the attempted assault on Grozny on the New Year\u2019s Eve of 1994-1995.<\/p>\n

The structure of the occupation force in Abkhazia includes a land component in the form of a reinforced mechanized infantry brigade: 4\u00a0mechanized infantry battalions, a tank battalion, 2 artillery battalions, a rocket artillery battalion, a sniper company, a drone company, a reconnaissance battalion, as well as a number of other separate combat and logistics units. The personnel of the occupation force consists of both conscripts and contract soldiers. Its military commanders made numerous attempts to staff the military base with contract soldiers only. Only one mechanized infantry battalion is 100% staffed with contract soldiers. It is the core of the battalion tactical group (BTG)\u00a0involved<\/a>\u00a0in the aggression against Ukraine in Donbas.<\/p>\n

The core equipment of the Gudauta base includes: about 50 T-72B3 tanks (used as a replacement of T-90s), more than 150 BTR-82 and BTR-80 armored personnel carriers, 36 Akatsiya 152\u00a0mm self-propelled guns, 18 Grad MLRS units, as well as other weapons and equipment.\u00a0The occupying forces are using the seaside training ground in Nagvalou and the mountain training ground in Tsebelda for their training activities. Units of the 7th Military Base, including mechanized infantry, reconnaissance, and SIGINT personnel are on duty near the administrative border in Gali District and the Kodori gorge.<\/p>\n

In addition, the military base includes:<\/strong><\/p>\n