MiG-21Bis - Until which year did he fly in Russia?

[Molnija1985]

Hello Guys,

please, until which year did the MiG-21Bis fly in Russia? Was he stationed at any air base within the Caucasus region after 1991? I read that it was officially phased out only in 2013, in the number of 30 pieces. Please, does anyone have any information about the MiG-21Bis in the Caucasus region after 1991, possibly also a photo, articles (also in Russian). I am doing one mission and I would like to make it as believable as possible, I would like to set it in the post-Soviet era, at the latest possible time, when they were still in the VVS armament.

Thank you...

[MiG21bisFishbedL]

As far as I can find, the 200~ or so MiG-21s left in service at the break up of the USSR did not enter into RuAF service at all.

That said, we have seen Russian pilots operating MiG-21s in Syria, though it didn't look like in an official capacity so they might've been mercenaries.