The 45th Separate Special Purpose Guards Regiment of the Air Assault Forces was formed in 1994 and has taken part in numerous counterterrorism operations in the North Caucasus, as well as protected Russian citizens, including military servicemen’s families, in Kyrgyzstan in 2010.
President Medvedev inspected the base and its military equipment, laid flowers at a memorial to servicemen killed in mission, and spoke with the regiment’s personnel.