The Kant base is near the US-operated Manas Airbase, which the Kyrgyz authorities decided earlier this year to shut down after Russia agreed to give their country more than 1.5 billion euros in loans and other assistance.
Baza Kant nalazi se u blizini zrakoplovne baze Manas kojom su rukovodile američke snage, a koju su kirgistanske vlasti ranije ove godine odlučile zatvoriti, nakon što su Rusija složila dati im kredit u visini 1,5 milijardi eura i drugu vrstu pomoći.