On this day, 35 years ago, on February 26, 1990 (February 2, 1990 in the lunar calendar), the former Soviet Union announced its withdrawal of troops from the Czech Republic. On February 26, 1990, according to an agreement initialled by the Soviet Union and Slovakia, the Soviet Union began to withdraw its troops from Czechoslovakia. This is February 24, 1990, and foreign journalists are visiting a Soviet military base in Slovakia.