In late December 2017, Russia announced it had set about "forming a permanent grouping" at the Tartus naval facility as well as at its Hmeymim airbase, after president Putin approved the structure and the personnel strength of the Tartus and Hmeymim bases. The treaty was ratified and approved by Russian parliament, and the relevant federal law was signed by president Vladimir Putin by the end of December 2017.
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The treaty allows Russia to keep up to 11 ships at Tartus, including nuclear vessels it stipulates privileges and full immunity from Syria's jurisdiction for Russia's personnel and materiel at the facility. On 18 January 2017, Russia and Syria signed an agreement, effective forthwith, wherein Russia would be allowed to expand and use the naval facility at Tartus for 49 years on a free-of-charge basis and enjoy sovereign jurisdiction over the base. See also: Russian involvement in the Syrian Civil War, Russian intervention in the Syrian Civil War, and Russia–Syria relations It is however, in theory at least, presently able to support limited vertical replenishment operations for those larger warships.Ĭurrent legal status, use, and strength It is not (yet) capable of hosting any of the Russian Navy's current major warships which range in length from the 129 m (423 ft) Neustrashimy-class frigate through to the 163 m (535 ft) Udaloy-class destroyer, much less cruisers such as the 186.4 m (612 ft) Slava class and the 252 m (827 ft) Kirov class, or the 305 m (1,001 ft) Kuznetsov-class aircraft carrier and the 156 m (512 ft) Sovremennyy-class destroyer.
The Tartus facility currently can accommodate four medium-sized vessels but only if both of its 100 m (330 ft) floating piers, inside the northern breakwater, are operational. Tartus is the Russian Navy's only Mediterranean repair and replenishment point, sparing Russia’s warships the trip back to their Black Sea bases through the Turkish Straits. Up until 2017, Russian official usage classified the installation as a Material-Technical Support Point ( Russian: Пункт Mатериально-Tехнического Oбеспечения, ПМТО) and not as a base.
The Russian naval facility in Tartus is a leased military installation of the Russian Navy located on the northern edge of the sea port of the Syrian city of Tartus. Up until June 2013 was primarily maintained by civilian contractors only (4 servicemen stationed circa 2012). Prior to mid-2013 was minimally manned by civilian contractors.
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