Russian Navy News

07.05.2009 President Medvedev visited Sevmash, inspected Yury Dolgoruky
Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev yesterday visited the Sevmash Shipyard in Severodvinsk, where he inspected construction of Russia's new state-of-the-art nuclear submarines.

06.30.2009 Russia to take part in Indian diesel submarine tender
Russia will participate in an expected tender to supply diesel-electric submarines to the Indian navy, the Russian state arms exporter said on Friday.

06.30.2009 Russian firm pledges to deliver frigates to India on schedule
Russia will fulfill its obligations on schedule to supply three Project 11356 frigates to India by 2012, a shipbuilding industry official said on Friday.

06.30.2009 Typhoon class submarines to remain in service with Russian Navy
The world's largest Typhoon-class submarines will remain in service with the Russian Navy, the Navy commander said on Friday.

06.26.2009 Construction of new icebreaker starts in 2010
Russia will have its first nuclear icebreaker of the next generation within 2015. Construction of the first vessel will start in 2010, and it will be equipped with a new type of nuclear reactor.

06.26.2009 Stalin remembered in the Northern Fleet
A memorial in the Northern Fleet base Polyarny has been restored to show the original inscription that hails Josef Stalin as founder of the Northern Fleet.

06.26.2009 Fire in decommissioned submarine
An ignition in some rubber covering the front part of the submarine Orenburg caused a fire that lasted for nearby two hours Thursday morning at the Zvezdochka yard in Severodvinsk.

06.26.2009 Russia to lay down 2nd Graney class nuclear sub in July
Russia will start construction of a second Project 885 Yasen (Graney) class nuclear-powered multipurpose attack submarine in July, a shipbuilding industry official said on Thursday.

06.26.2009 Anti-piracy operations must be led by UN - Russia's navy chief
The Russian Navy supports the idea of conducting international anti-piracy operations in the Gulf of Aden under the UN aegis, its commander said on Thursday.

06.26.2009 Rosoboronexport, Thales sign cooperation memorandum
Russia's state arms exporter Rosoboronexport and France's Thales Group agreed on Friday to market jointly-developed naval equipment internationally.

06.25.2009 Russia may export up to 40 diesel submarines by 2015
Russia could sell up to 40 fourth-generation diesel-electric submarines to foreign customers by 2015, state-run arms exporter Rosoboronexport said on Wednesday.

06.25.2009 Construction of 2nd Adm. Gorshkov class frigate to start in 2009
The construction of a second Admiral Gorshkov class frigate will begin this year in St. Petersburg, Russian Navy Commander Adm. Vladimir Vysotsky said on Wednesday.

06.22.2009 Moscow postpones moving of Navy headquarters
The planned moving of the Russian Navy headquarters from Moscow to St. Petersburg is likely to be delayed because of the economic crisis, Navy Head Commander Vladimir Vysotsky said on Friday.

06.21.2009 Yury Dolgoruky left Severodvinsk
Russia's brand new submarine left the yard today and sailed out in the White Sea.

06.21.2009 Nine subs to be scraped
In 2009 Russia will utilise nine of its older nuclear powered submarines.

06.21.2009 Russian Navy takes delivery of new frigate
Russia's newest frigate, the Yaroslav Mudry, was officially presented to the navy on Friday, a spokesman for the Yantar shipyard said.

06.19.2009 Russia's Black Sea Fleet rules out joint drills with Georgia
Russia's Black Sea Fleet will not take part in any joint naval exercises involving Georgian warships, a senior Russian military official said on Wednesday.

06.17.2009 General Staff: New security treaty must include Arctic
Deputy leader in the Russian General Staff Anatoly Nogovitsyn says the proposed new European Security Treaty should include also the North Atlantic and the Arctic.

06.17.2009 Russia's troubled nuclear sub to resume sea trials in late June
Sea trials of the Nerpa nuclear-propelled submarine, which was damaged in a fatal accident during previous tests, will resume in late June, the director of the Amur shipyard in Russia's Far East said on Monday.

06.11.2009 Topol-M, Bulava missiles to be core of Russian nuclear triad
Topol-M and Bulava ballistic missiles will constitute the backbone of Russia's nuclear triad, a senior defense ministry official said on Wednesday.

06.11.2009 Russia's Lada sub trials to be completed in 2009
The Defense Ministry plans to complete sea trials of a new diesel Lada-class submarine this year, a military official said on Wednesday.

06.10.2009 More border guards for Yamal
There is an urgent need for more border guards in the Yamal Peninsula, regional border control authorities say.

06.10.2009 Divers discover wreckage of Soviet WWII submarine in Baltic Sea
A team of Swedish and Finnish divers have located the wreckage of a Soviet WWII S-type diesel submarine near the Aland islands in the Baltic Sea, a Swedish news agency said on Tuesday.

06.10.2009 Russian ships head home after anti-piracy duty off Somali coast
Russia's Pacific Fleet task force led by the Admiral Panteleyev destroyer is heading back to its base in Vladivostok after an anti-piracy mission in the Gulf of Aden, a Fleet statement said on Tuesday.

06.09.2009 Russian Navy accidentally hits farm during live-firing exercises
A Russian Baltic Fleet anti-submarine vessel accidentally shot at a farm in the northwest of the country during live-firing exercises.

06.09.2009 Somali pirates earned $150 mln in 2008 - Russian prosecutor
Pirates operating in waters off the Somali coast earned up to $150 million in ransom payments, a deputy Russian prosecutor general told a Russian respected daily.

06.09.2009 Only 8 Russian strategic submarines are combat-ready - analyst
Russia's navy has 12 nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarines in service, but only eight of them are combat-capable, a Russian military analyst said.

06.09.2009 Russia plans to rotate warships off Somalia coast in July
The commander of Russia's Pacific Fleet, Vice Admiral Konstantin Sidenko, has issued an order to prepare a new task force for anti-piracy patrols in the Gulf of Aden, a fleet spokesman said.

06.09.2009 Russian Navy chief of staff resigns over poor health - source
Admiral Mikhail Abramov, the chief of Russia's Navy Staff, has submitted his resignation citing poor health, a high-ranking military source told RIA Novosti.

06.09.2009 Russian Navy to commission Nerpa submarine in fall - source
A nuclear attack submarine involved in a fatal accident during sea trials last year will be commissioned by the Russian Navy in the fall and then leased to the Indian Navy, a source said on Tuesday.