Russian and U.S. bases in Kyrgyzstan are not hindering each other in the fulfillment of their duties, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Ivanov said after a Rubezh-2005 training excise on Wednesday. \"Russian and U.S. military bases in Kyrgyzstan are not bothering each other. The American base in Manas was set up to support the anti- terrorist operation in Afghanistan and the Russian one in Kant to tighten security of the CIS Collective Security Treaty Organization,\" he said. In answering a question, he said that \"Russia is not planning any military presence in Afghanistan.\" (Interfax)