Russia 'set to supply US airbase' - Telegraph: "The Manas Transit Centre in the Central Asian republic has long been a thorn in the side of Moscow, which resents US military presence in a former Soviet country. Kyrgyzstan is alone in the world in hosting both a US and a Russian airbase. The US relies on Manas heavily for its campaign in Afghanistan.
Muktar Djumaliyev, deputy head of the Kyrgyz presidential administration, said a joint state-run venture would 'create a new area of multilateral co-operation'. He claimed that the US government supported the new venture, adding that the Kyrgyz government would receive $60 million in payments."
