It's an old news, but it's worth noting - in July 2012, the Rocket Forces said that they began preparations for deployment of RS-24 Yars missiles in Irkutsk (it's around 2:50 in the video) as well as in Novosibirsk (and silo-based RS-24 in Kozelsk).
The Novosibirsk and Kozelsk were identified earlier, but this was the first time I saw Irkutsk mentioned in this context. It looks like the mobile RS-24 deployment will be limited to these two divisions (three if we count Teykovo) - if the old consolidation plan is still in place, the four divisions in Vypolzovo, Yoshkar-Ola, Nizhniy Tagil, and Barnaul will be liquidated.
As far as I can tell, it is possible that the Topol missiles have already been withdrawn from Novosibirsk and Irkutsk, leaving about 108 Topol missiles in the active force.
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