Russian Navy News

09.15.2009 Solomonov keeps the post of Director General of Bulava developer institute
Yuri Solomonov will keep the post of general designer of Moscow Thermotechnics Institute – the developer of Bulava and Topol-M strategic missiles.

09.14.2009 Exact location of Arctic Sea is unknown – Spanish authorities
The exact location of Arctic Sea cargo vessel remained off the harbor of Gran Canaria Island in Atlantic Ocean last week is unknown.

09.14.2009 Tender committee to elect new Director General of Bulava developer company
On Monday session tender committee will elect new Director General of Moscow Thermotechnics Institute (MTI), lead developer of Bulava sea-based ballistic missile.

09.14.2009 Russia to choose helicopter carrier on tender
Russia will issue a tender for purchase of new helicopter carrier.

09.12.2009 Russia Navy Commander-in-Chief introduces new Baltic Fleet Commander
Navy Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Federation admiral Vladimir Vysotsky introduced new Baltic Fleet Commander Vice Admiral Victor Chirkov to the fleet's key personnel in Baltic Fleet headquarters in Kaliningrad.

09.12.2009 Venezuela will possibly purchase Russian Club antiship missiles
Speaking about impending delivery of Russian 300-km range missiles, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez most probably meant antiship missile system Club.

09.10.2009 Russian design bureaus in cooperation with Norwegian engineering companies will create new Russian fishing fleet – the head of Rosrybolovstvo
Russian design bureaus in cooperation with Norwegian engineering companies will develop and build new Russian fishing fleet at Russian shipyards.

09.10.2009 Baltiysky Zavod shipyard is provided with state loan guarantee on 1,5 bln rub
OJSC Baltiysky Zavod is provided with state loan guarantee on 1,5 bln rub.

09.10.2009 The information of fire on Moskva cruiser is refuted by Black Sea Fleet headquarters
Black Sea Fleet headquarters refutes the information that that as a consequence of smoke on Moskva cruiser several persons got hurt and the ship suffered damages.

09.10.2009 Washington declines to gamble on Arctic Sea issue
The State Department declines to comment media reports that cargo ship Arctic Sea might have carried missiles for S-300 SAM system.

09.09.2009 Sevmash accelerates efforts on overhaul and refitting of INS Vikramaditya aircraft carrier
Shipwrights of Sevmash defense shipyard accelerates efforts on overhaul and refitting of INS Vikramaditya aircraft carrier.

09.08.2009 The Zvezdochka shipyard supplies to foreign consumers spare parts for warships at the cost of $30 mln in 2009
OJSC Zvezdochka Ship Repair Center (Severodvinsk, Arkhangelsk District) will deliver spare parts, tools and accessories (SPTA) for naval ships of foreign customers at the cost of $30 mln in 2009.

09.08.2009 Up to 200 samples of combat equipment to be used in Zapad-2009 exercise
Operational strategic exercise (OSE) Zapad-2009 integrating about 12 500 Russian and Belarusian servicemen and up to 200 samples of combat equipment has been started on Tuesday.

09.07.2009 Norwegian yacht apprehended in East Siberian Sea is deported from Russia
Frontiersmen expulsed Norwegian yacht RX-2 had been arrested in East Siberian Sea beyond Russian territorial waters.

09.07.2009 Holland also intends to supply Russia with naval ships
Moscow takes interest to Holland-made ship Johan de Vitt–type, as said the leadership of Damen Schelde, Dutch shipyard.

09.07.2009 Nuclear submarine Kareliya to start sea trials in October
K-18 Kareliya, Northern Fleet strategic missile submarine cruiser will put to sea for trials in Oct 2009 after modernization in Zvezdochka Ship Repair Center.

09.07.2009 The development of BrahMos-2 hypersonic missile to start up in the nearest future
Technique design of BrahMos-2 hypersonic missile is in the closing stage.

09.07.2009 Groin for Baltic Fleet ships in Novorossiysk to be ready by 2015
The construction of groin for prospective Baltic Fleet base in Novorossiysk will be completed by 2015.

09.04.2009 Moscow regional burglars deprived General Naval Staff's Lt Col of communication
In Moscow region burglars masterfully robbed a cottage of Russian Navy's top-ranking officer. The loot was radar equipment stored in the house.

09.04.2009 Russia's historic Kruzenshtern ship heads home from Germany
Russia's Kruzenshtern sailing ship is returning to her home port in Kaliningrad, after visiting the German port where she was first launched, a spokeswoman for the ship said on Wednesday.

09.04.2009 Arctic Sea cargo ship approaches Mediterranean on way to Russia
The Arctic Sea cargo ship that was missing for more than two weeks before being freed from hijackers is preparing to enter the Mediterranean Sea, a Russian military source said on Thursday..

09.02.2009 The Yamal amphibious ship to participate in Zapad-2009 strategic exercise
The Yamal, major amphibious ship, along with other ships of Black Sea Fleet and North Fleet is taking part in operational and strategic exercise Zapad-2009 scheduled on Sept 18-29, 2009 in Belarus. Being patronized by Yamal regional authorities, cognominal ship with marines and armor vehicles onboard have arrived at Baltic Sea Fleet's main base in Baltiysk.

09.02.2009 Rusty submarine remains on the seabed
The wreck of the Russian nuclear powered submarine K-159 is still corroding on the bottom of the Barents Sea. On August 30, it is six years since the submarine sank near the Kildin Island north of Murmansk, an area important for both Russian and Norwegian fisheries.

09.02.2009 Norwegian-Russian border guard cooperation
The Norwegian Coast Guard vessel Barentshav has arrived in Murmansk with a delegation of higher Norwegian coast guard and border guard officials.

08.27.2009 Russia set to purchase large French warship - top brass
Russia is planning on signing by the end of 2009 a contractual agreement with France on the purchase of a Mistral class amphibious assault ship, the chief of the Russian General Staff said on Wednesday.

08.27.2009 Arctic Sea officially impounded - investigators
A Russian court has formally impounded the Finnish-owned Arctic Sea merchant vessel, which was allegedly seized by hijackers and freed by the Russian Navy, prosecutors said on Wednesday.

08.25.2009 Two of eight Arctic Sea hijack suspects appeal arrest
Two of the eight men detained last week on suspicion of hijacking the Arctic Sea cargo ship have launched an appeal against their arrest, a spokeswoman for the Moscow City Court said on Tuesday.

08.25.2009 Arctic Sea gun-running claims need looking into - investigator
Allegations that the Arctic Sea merchant ship may have been involved in illegal operations will be probed, Russia's chief investigator said on Tuesday.

08.25.2009 Russian Arctic Sea ship on its way to Black Sea port
The Arctic Sea merchant vessel, recently freed from hijackers by a Russian missile frigate, is being towed by a tugboat to the south Russian port of Novorossiisk, a port official said on Monday.

08.24.2009 Russian envoy praises NATO role in search for Arctic Sea ship
NATO assistance significantly facilitated the search and rescue of the Arctic Sea cargo vessel seized in the Atlantic by a group of hijackers in late July, the Russian NATO envoy said on Thursday.