Russia didn’t rule out the fact that the US would use its Manas airbase in ex-Soviet Kyrgyzstan for an eventual strike on Iran

Russia on Wednesday didn’t rule out the fact that the US would use its Manas airbase in ex-Soviet Kyrgyzstan for an eventual strike on Iran.
 
"It cannot be excluded that this site could be used in a potential conflict with Iran," foreign ministry spokesman Alexander Lukashevich told reporters. "We hope that such an apocalyptic scenario will not be realised."
  
Kyrgyzstan President Almazbek Atambayev in December said it was "very dangerous" for the state to host the US Manas military airbase and has threatened the Americans with eviction when the current lease expires in 2014.
  
Lukashevich said using the airbase as a launch-pad to strike Iran would require "changes or rather violations" to the lease agreement between Washington and Bishkek. "The statements from Washington which do not rule out a military solution to the Iranian nuclear crisis have caused serious worries in the Central Asian region," he said. "The worries are shared not just by Kyrgyzstan -- where a debate has erupted about the risk of a retaliatory strike from Iran -- but other Central Asian countries," he added.