Russian Navy News

08.18.2009 Latvia queries Russia on nationals held in Arctic Sea seizure
Latvia has asked Russia to provide more information on two Latvian nationals Moscow says were involved in the seizure of the merchant ship Arctic Sea, the Baltic state's Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday.

08.17.2009 Russian submarine designer certain of Bulava missile success
Russia's troubled Bulava ballistic missile will be developed and put into service with the Navy, the general designer of the Rubin design bureau for marine engineering has said.

08.14.2009 Canada keeps tabs on Russian nuclear subs
Canada's Department of National Defense has sent a surveillance plane to the country's eastern coast to monitor two nuclear-powered Russian submarines in the area, CBC reported on Thursday.

08.13.2009 Russian border guards exercise in Pacific with FSB aviation
Russian coast guards and Federal Security Service (FSB) air units have conducted a series of exercises in the Pacific, a spokesman said on Thursday.

08.12.2009 Russia shortlisted for submarine contract with Indonesia
Russia has been shortlisted for a $700 million contract to deliver two submarines to Indonesia, the Indonesian Navy commander said on Tuesday.

08.11.2009 New coast guard vessel in Murmansk
FSB's coast guard in Murmansk has received a new vessel to use in the fight against poachers. Sprut was supposed to become the first in a series of modern coast guard vessels, but the project is now terminated.

08.11.2009 Russian warship arrives in Bulgaria for Blackseafor naval drills
The Caesar Kunikov large amphibious landing ship from Russia's Black Sea Fleet arrived on Thursday to the Bulgarian port of Varna to take part in the 14th Blackseafor naval drills.

08.06.2009 Russian warships escort freighter convoy in Gulf of Aden
A Russian Pacific Fleet task force escorted a convoy of commercial ships through a secure shipping lane in the Gulf of Aden on Wednesday, a Navy spokesman said.

08.06.2009 Russian shipyard seeks $60 mln loan to complete Indian frigates
The Russian Yantar shipyard is negotiating a $60 million loan to enable it to complete the construction of three frigates for the Indian Navy, the company director said on Wednesday.

08.04.2009 Northern Fleet vessel visits Cuba
The Rescue tug Altay from Russia's Northern Fleet will visit the Cuban capital Havana in the first week of August.

08.04.2009 Russia in talks on buying French warship
Russia is discussing the purchase of a French Mistral-class amphibious assault ship worth between 300 and 400 million euros ($430-580 mln), a high-ranking source close to the talks said Tuesday.

08.02.2009 Russia's Nerpa nuclear sub starts sea trials in Far East
Russia's Nerpa nuclear attack submarine, damaged in a fatal accident during tests in November last year, started on Friday the second stage of new sea trials, a source involved in the tests said.

08.02.2009 Russian military plans to resume Bulava missile tests in August
The Russian Defense Ministry said on Friday it would not abandon the development of the troubled Bulava ballistic missile, and that tests could resume in August.

08.02.2009 Patriarch prays for accord between Russian, Ukrainian navies
Patriarch Kirill, the leader of the Russian Orthodox Church, called on Russian and Ukrainian naval personnel in the Crimea to cooperate peacefully, during his visit to Sevastopol on Sunday.

07.26.2009 Dummy rocket hits residential area in Russia's Far East
A dummy rocket launched from a Russian combat ship in the Far East landed in the courtyard of a nine-story apartment building in Vladivostok, a Pacific Fleet spokesman said on Friday.

07.26.2009 Russia lays down 2nd Graney class nuclear sub
Construction of a second Project 885 Yasen (Graney) class nuclear-powered multipurpose attack submarine started on Friday at the Sevmash shipyard in northern Russia, the company said.

07.26.2009 Russia to have balanced nuclear missile navy by 2050 - navy chief
The Russian Navy is developing a concept of building a balanced nuclear missile force by 2050, the Russian Navy commander said on Sunday.

07.26.2009 Russia to lay down one multipurpose submarine a year from 2011
The Russian Navy command has made a decision on building one nuclear-powered multipurpose attack submarine a year from 2011, the Navy chief said on Sunday.

07.23.2009 New Russian task force to patrol Somali waters until November
A new task force from Russia's Pacific Fleet will join international efforts to fight piracy off Somalia until the end of October, the first deputy chief of the Russian Navy General Staff said on Monday.

07.23.2009 Russia set to build up its naval facilities in Syria
The Russian Navy will expand and modernize its Soviet-era naval maintenance site near Tartus in Syria to support anti-piracy operations off the Somali coast, a high-ranking navy source said on Monday.

07.20.2009 Russia's new frigate
After almost 20 years at the construction slip of the Yantar Shipyard in Kaliningrad, the frigate Yaroslav Mudry in mid-June took off on its first mission. Russia meanwhile plans the launch of a series of new frigates.

07.20.2009 Sabotage behind Bulava failure?
Russian security services do not exclude that the Bulava missile have been subject to sabotage, RIA Novosti reports.

07.20.2009 Bulava missile will without doubt enter service - Russian Navy
Russia's new Bulava submarine-launched ballistic missile will enter service with the Navy despite a series of failed test-launches, the first deputy chief of the Navy General Staff said on Saturday.

07.20.2009 Over 5,000 pirates operate off Somali coast - Russian Navy
At least five large groups of pirates, totaling over 5,000 people, are operating in the Gulf of Aden, the first deputy chief of the Russian Navy General Staff said on Saturday.

07.16.2009 Russia proves effectiveness of its naval nuclear force - Navy
A recent mission involving launches of ballistic missiles from under ice proved the combat readiness of the naval component of Russia's nuclear triad, a high-ranking Navy source said Wednesday.

07.13.2009 New destroyers for Northern Fleet
The construction of a new class of Russian destroyers will start no later than 2012, Head Commander of the Russian Navy Vladimir Vysotsky maintains.

07.13.2009 India will pay 2.2 billion USD for aircraft carrier
India is ready to pay 2.2 billion USD for the Russian aircraft carrier Admiral Gorshkov, currently under reconstruction in the Sevmash yard outside Arkhangelsk.

07.13.2009 Russian task force to resume anti-piracy mission in late July
A third task force from Russia's Pacific Fleet will arrive in late July in the Gulf of Aden to ensure security in the pirate-infested waters, a Navy official said on Wednesday.

07.13.2009 Sea trials of Russia's Nerpa nuclear sub to continue for 2 weeks
Sea trials of Russia's Nerpa nuclear-powered submarine, which was damaged in a fatal accident during previous tests, will continue for about two weeks, a high-ranking defense official said on Friday.

07.05.2009 Aircraft carrier blunders
Head of the Sevmash yard in Severodvinsk in last week's meeting with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev admitted that his company had made several blunders in the reconstruction process of the aircraft carrier Admiral Gorshkov.