TU-160 Blackjacks - Chavez offer base for Russian bombers

[SUBMAN1]

Originally Posted by fatty

Chávez denies offering base to Russia

Pick your preferred bad guy to trust.

"Chavez proposed to us a whole island with an airfield that we can use for temporary basing of strategic bombers," said Major General Anatoly Zhikharev, the chief of Russia's long-range aviation staff.

So where is the denial? And considering it happened, how can he deny it after the fact?

-S