Russian Navy News

11.25.2009 First Russian serial frigate will be built at Severnaya Verf
Domestic shipbuilding industry launches serial production of Project 22350 frigates for Russian Navy.

11.24.2009 Pacific Fleet won 11 Prizes of RF Navy Commander
According to results of summer training period, Pacific Fleet (PF) won 11 out of 17 Prizes instituted by Navy Commander-in-Chief.

11.24.2009 Ukrainian presidential candidate Yuschenko intends to withdraw BSF from Crimea
Ukrainian president Viktor Yushchenko who runs for a second term promised in his election program to withdraw Russian Black Sea Fleet by 2017.

11.23.2009 French helicopter carrier to visit St. Petersburg
French helicopter carrier Mistral – a subject of Russian Navy's interest – will make a service visit to St. Petersburg today.

11.20.2009 Search of Tu-142 fell down in Tatarskiy Strait is unproductive so far
Search of Pacific Fleet's ASW aircraft Tu-142 crashed in Tatarskiy Strait on Nov 6 are conducted at sea, air and coastline, although without effect yet.

11.20.2009 ASW Admiral Chabanenko to start anti-piracy defense
Russian Navy's task unit headed by large ASW ship Admiral Chabanenko will start enhancing security of navigation near Horn of Africa and the Gulf of Aden.

11.20.2009 Icebreaker Kapitan Khlebnikov reached open water in Antarctic
Icebreaker Kapitan Khlebnikov has reached open water.

11.19.2009 Talks on Admiral Gorshkov draw to a close
Russian arms exporters consider forthcoming negotiations will settle all controversial issues related with aircraft carrier Admiral Gorshkov.

11.18.2009 Families of those died at Ulyanovsk fire will be recompensed
Russian Ministry of Defense will provide all appropriate payments for families of two servicemen died in fire at Ulyanovsk naval depots on Nov 13.

11.18.2009 SSBN Yury Dolgoruky passed another phase of sea trials
SSBN Yury Dolgoruky having successfully completed subsequent stage of builder's sea trials returned to Sevmash Shipyard wharf wall.

11.18.2009 Varyag completed visit to Singapore
Pacific Fleet task unit led by Guards missile cruiser Varyag sailed off to native lands after visiting Singapore.

11.17.2009 SSN Nerpa will be delivered in December – Khabarovsk Governor
Nuclear-powered submarine (SSN) Nerpa built at Amur Shipyard will be delivered in time – in December 2009.

11.17.2009 Cruiser Admiral Nakhimov to be in service by 2012
Scope of work on upgrading heavy nuclear missile cruiser Admiral Nakhimov is evaluated as 20 bln rub.

11.16.2009 Medvedev: Russia to expand military presence in World Ocean
Russia plans to expand naval presence in World Ocean - Medvedev.

11.16.2009 Icebreaker with over 100 voyagers got stuck in Antarctic
Russian icebreaker Kapitan Khlebnikov cruising in Antarctic got stuck in ice.

11.13.2009 Murderer of two kids to be checked for sanity
Naval officer who had thrown two girls out of Moscow multistorey building will be arrested and checked for sanity.

11.13.2009 PF task unit arrives from Aden Gulf
Pacific Fleet task unit is returning to Russia from the Gulf of Aden where it took part in international anti-piracy mission and will arrive at Vladivostok on Nov 16.

11.12.2009 Russian trawler suffers distress near Kamchatka
Russian trawler Fortuna suffers distress in Bering Sea near Kamchatka east coast.

11.12.2009 Alagez vessel to continue search Tu-142 even in storm
Pacific Fleet's SR vessel Alagez is capable to work in severe environment of storm.

11.12.2009 K-18 sub started builder's sea trials
SSBN K-18 Karelia which had been modernized at Zvezdochka Ship Repair Center in Severodvinsk started builder's sea trials.

11.11.2009 BF preliminarily sums up summer training period
Summer training period is finished at ships, units and divisions of Russia's oldest fleet. Baltic mariners summarized preliminary results of strenuous combat training.

11.09.2009 BSF secret documents were not lost – the source
The check carried out at ships and units of Russia's Black Sea Fleet shown no losses of secret documents.

11.06.2009 New project 1176 assault boat passed trials
On Oct 23, State Ship Acceptance Board signed governmental acceptance certificate of project 1176 assault boat.

11.06.2009 Pirates wounded shipmaster of Thai Union 3
Somali pirates shot the shipmaster of hijacked vessel Thai Union 3.

11.05.2009 Russia is an Arctic's key player – Swedish COS
Russia is an "important player" in Arctic and one shouldn't push it out of the region.

11.05.2009 Yantar shipyard to deliver Ivan Gren vessel to MoD by 2012
Yantar Baltic Shipyard plans to deliver amphibious ship Ivan Gren being constructed under order of Russian Defense Ministry by 2012.

11.03.2009 Russian and Cambodian-flagged vessels collided in Black Sea
Russian and Cambodian-flagged cargo ships collided Monday in Black Sea near Bulgarian territorial waters.

11.03.2009 Russia to have naval base in Syria – Vice Admiral Burtsev
Russia will establish naval base in Syrian port Tartus.

11.03.2009 Russia actively creates new BSF base
Russia intensified activities on establishing new Black Sea Fleet naval base.

11.02.2009 BSF vessels escorted Arctic Sea laid course for bases
Russian task force led by Black Sea Fleet's corvette Ladny after transfer of Arctic Sea to Maltese authorities on Friday morning replenished supplies and set a course for its bases.