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Training for marine commanders underway at Russia’s Pacific Fleet 02.18.2009 Training for marine commanders underway at Russia’s Pacific Fleet
Winter field training for marines continues at the Russian Pacific Fleet. Soldiers are practicing hand-to-hand combat and firing exercises.

02.18.2009 Russian intel service calls for disclosure of site of Western subs’ collision
The French and British navies should disclose information about the site of the collision of their nuclear submarines in order for an environmental monitoring to take place, a high-ranking source in the Russian military intelligence service said, according to Ria Novosti.

02.17.2009 Yantar Shipbuilding Factory wins contract to build two ships for Russian Navy
The Yantar Shipbuilding Factory in Kaliningrad has won an order for two ships from the Russian Navy.

02.16.2009 Russia and Turkey agree to cooperate on military security in Black Sea
Russia and Turkey have agreed to cooperate in the area of military-naval security in the Black Sea, taking into account the interests of both countries, says a document on a new stage in relations and further deepening of the multidimensional partnership between the two countries.

02.16.2009 Vladivostok remembers the dead, celebrates the living
A ceremony dedicated to the 20th anniversary of the withdrawal of Soviet troops from Afghanistan took place at the Russian Pacific Fleet on February 14.

02.16.2009 Mironov’s party adopts nuclear submarine’s cause
Sergei Mironov, the chairman of the Russian Federation Council, the upper house of parliament, on February 12 visited the missile cruiser Admiral Nakhimov now undergoing repairs at the Sevmash shipyards in Sverdlovsk.

02.16.2009 Russian rescuers resume search for missing sailors from foreign ship
Russian rescuers on Monday resumed the search for the missing sailors who attempted to evacuate in inflatable rafts from the sinking cargo ship New Star, Venyamin Ivanychev, a duty officer of the Vladivostok Naval Rescue Corporation Center, told Ria Novosti.

02.16.2009 Northern Fleet marks anniversary of Soviet withdrawal from Afghanistan
The command of the Russian Northern Fleet and the administration of the city of Severomorsk on February 15 marked the 20th anniversary of the withdrawal of Soviet troops from Afghanistan with a solemn ceremony.

02.16.2009 Russian rescuers neutralize fire on Panama-registered cargo ship
The crews of the Russian rescue boats Predanny and Taiphun have managed to neutralize a fire that has been raging aboard the Nancy, a Panamanian cargo ship anchored in Nakhodka in the Primorie region, Venyamin Ivanychev, an officer on duty at the Vladivostok Naval Rescue Corporation Center, told Ria Novosti.

02.16.2009 Russian warship detains 3 pirate vessels off Horn of Africa
Russia's Piotr Veliky missile cruiser has detained three pirate vessels off the coast of Somalia, a Russian Navy spokesman said on Friday.

02.13.2009 Suit filed in relation to disappearance of boat with Russians in Sea of Japan
The Far East Investigative Committee in charge of Transportation of the Russian Prosecutor’s Service on Thursday filed a criminal suit in relation to the disappearance of the boat JI WON No.1 late last December in the Sea of Japan with 12 Russians aboard, the Investigative Committee of the Russian Prosecutors’ Service announced on Friday.

02.13.2009 Crew of burning fishing boat reach Far East port
The crew of the fishing boat Ekarma-7, which has been burning for the last two weeks, have arrived at the Far East port, a Sakhalin navigation official told Ria Novosti.

02.13.2009 Sevmash reps to seek to negotiate higher price for work on India’s Vikramaditia aircraft carrier
Representatives of the Sevmash shipyards will join a Russian governmental delegation traveling to India to attempt to negotiate a higher price for the upgrading of the Indian aircraft carrier Vikramaditia, which is the former Russian aircraft carrier Admiral Gorshkov, said Anastasia Nikitinskaya, the deputy head of the shipyards’ press service.

02.13.2009 Tanker Elnya returns to Baltiysk after mission in Gulf of Aden
The tanker Elnya, which was part of the group accompanying the Russian escort ship Neustrashimy in its anti-piracy mission off the Somali coast, returned to the port of Baltiysk on Thursday, Yuri Kuroedov, a spokesman for the Baltic Fleet, told Ria Novosti.

02.12.2009 Russian and Indian ships conduct anti-piracy maneuvers
The last stage of the Russian-Indian maneuvers Indra-2009 centered on the drilling of antipiracy actions in the western part of the Arabian Sea, Admiral Vladimir Vysotskiy, the commander of the Russian Navy, told Ria Novosti.

02.12.2009 Yantar shipbuilding factory increasing headcount
The Yantar shipbuilding factory is increasing its workforce, despite the world financial crisis. The company hired 100 new people in January and added another 62 in the first week of February, said Sergei Mikhailov, a spokesman for the factory.

02.12.2009 Russian gvt to purchase aircraft from MiG in effort to provide financial relief
The Russian government will provide financial support to aircraft manufacturer MiG through the new arms procurement plan, which presumes the purchase of MIG-29 KUB for the Russian Navy, Vice Prime Minister Sergei Ivanov told journalists on Wednesday after a meeting of the heads of design and construction bureaus in Moscow.

02.10.2009 Nerpa manufacturers say will go to court over Freon
The Amur shipbuilding Factory, which built the Russian nuclear sub Nerpa, are threatening to sue the vendors of the Freon that is used in the fire-extinguishing system of the submarine, Interfax reported.

02.10.2009 Admiral Kuznetsov’s battle group reaches Atlantic
The Russian heavy aircraft carrier Admiral Kuznetsov and its battle group have begun their mission in the Atlantic, Ria Novosti reported.

02.10.2009 Rescuers battling fire on fishing boat Ekarma-7 for 2nd day
A team from the rescue boat Spravedlivy has yet to contain a fire that broke out in the hold of the Russian fishing boat Ekarma-7, a Sakhalin navigation official told Ria Novosti.

02.10.2009 Russian, Indian ships conduct antipiracy maneuvers
Russian and Indian warships conducted joint antipiracy maneuvers in the area of the Horn of Africa,Captain First Class Igor Dygalo, and aide to the commander of the Russian Navy, told Ria Novosti.

02.10.2009 Cadets pay tribute to Varyag, Koreets crewmembers aboard Pallada
The Pallada, a floating school of the Russian Pacific Fleet, continues its regular training cruise on a Vladivostok–Pusan-Dalian route. Some 85 cadets of various naval schools in Vladivostok embarked for the journey.

Ceremony at sailors cemetery in Vladivostok pays tribute to Varyag cruiser’s crew 02.10.2009 Ceremony at sailors cemetery in Vladivostok pays tribute to Varyag cruiser’s crew
A delegation of the command of the Pacific Fleet led by the deputy commander of the Fleet in charge of discipline, Rear Admiral Sergei Belenov, and the administration of the Primorie region and Vladivostok all attended the ceremony.

02.09.2009 Russian Pacific Fleet remembers victims of 1981 air crash
February 7 marked the 28th anniversary of the incident, which took place at a military airfield near the city of Leningrad.

02.09.2009 Far East Technical Institute’s Naval Cadet Corps celebrates 5th anniversary
The Naval Cadet Corps was created towards the end of December in 2003.

02.09.2009 Neustrashimy’s crew rescue pregnant woman in open sea
The crew of the Russian escort ship Neustrashimy rescued a boat in distress with a pregnant woman on board in the Gulf of Aden, Captain First Class Oleg Gurinov, the man who led the mission of the Russian ship in the horn of Africa, told a journalist on January 8.

02.09.2009 Copter pilot from Neustrashimy talks about how Russians scared Somali pirates away
A Ka-27 helicopter based on the Russian escort ship Neustrashimy of the Baltic Fleet several times forced Somali pirates to retreat, Colonel Stanislav Drobych, the commander of the air group stationed on the ship, told Ria Novosti.

02.09.2009 NATO SG seeks cooperation with Russia in fight against Somali pirates
Russia and NATO could cooperate in the fight against pirates in the Gulf of Aden, said Jaap de hoop Scheffer, NATO’s secretary general.

02.09.2009 Neustrashimy commander dismisses news of technical problems
The rumors alleging that the Russian escort ship Neustrashimy experienced technical problems and that some crewmembers became sick during its mission in the Gulf of Aden is “nonsense and fantasy,” Alexei Apanovich, the commander of the ship, told journalists.

02.09.2009 Neustrashimy crew repelled pirate attack on New Year’s Eve
The Russian escort vessel Neustrashimy had to repel an attack by pirates in the Gulf of Aden on January 1, 2009, by opening fire, Captain First Class Oleg Gurinov, the man who headed the mission of the Russian ship in the Gulf of Aden, told journalists.


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