Russian frontiersmen to receive 26 new ships within next 10 years

26.05.2010 Russian Frontier Service is about to receive 26 new patrol ships within the next 10 years, informed Rosbalt today citing Nikolai Kozik, chief of FSB Frontier Department, St. Petersburg regional branch.

According to him, the first ship built in St. Petersburg at Almaz shipyard was launched early May and sailed to the Black Sea. She will be based in Sochi.

According to Kozik, those ships will be equipped with state-of-the-art arms and navigational facilities. Each vessel will have a heliport. The crew is going to be 18 men.

"Two such ships were laid down at Almaz shipyard on May 12", said the officer. He couldn't specify how many ships will be dispatched to the Gulf of Finland, although expressed interest in them.