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03.23.2009 Russia could focus on tactical nuclear weapons for subs
Russia may prioritize the development of nuclear-powered attack submarines armed with nuclear-capable cruise missiles in the future, while maintaining its fleet of strategic subs, a senior Navy official said.

03.20.2009 Russia to conduct 3 tests of Bulava missile in 2009 - Navy
The Russian Navy will conduct at least three test launches of the new Bulava sea-based ballistic missile in 2009, a senior navy official said on Thursday.

03.17.2009 Russian destroyer heads home after Somali anti-piracy mission
Russia's Admiral Vinogradov destroyer and the Boris Butoma tanker have completed their anti-piracy mission around the Horn of Africa and are on their way home, Russia's Pacific Fleet press service said on Tuesday.

03.16.2009 First nuke-sub may be scrapped
The plan to rebuild the Soviet Union's first nuclear powered submarine into a museum is in jeopardy due to the financial crises.

03.11.2009 Russian warship returns to base after six-month mission
Russia's Pyotr Veliky nuclear-powered missile cruiser returned to its main base in northern Russia on Tuesday after an almost six-month tour-of-duty of the world's oceans, a Navy spokesman said.

03.06.2009 Russian Defense Ministry vow to completely re-equip Black Sea Fleet in two years
The Russian Defense Ministry plans to completely re-equip the Black Sea Fleet and the troops of the North-Caucasus Military District by 2011, Vladimir Popovkin, the deputy defense minister, announced on Thursday.

03.05.2009 Russia's Pacific Fleet to monitor U.S. exercises in Arctic
Russia's Pacific Fleet will closely monitor the actions of U.S. submarines around Alaska during the ICEX 2009 exercises, an official from the headquarters of the Fleet told Ria Novosti.

03.04.2009 Sebastopol wants Russia to pay back Black Sea Fleet pension fund debt
The Sebastopol city administration plans to demand that Russia pay back the debt owed by the Black Sea Fleet to the Ukrainian pension fund, the press service of the city administration has announced.

03.03.2009 Kamchatka hosts antiterrorist exercises involving Pacific Fleet special forces
Antiterrorist exercises were staged in the closed military town of Viliuchinsk in Kamchatka, the Russian Pacific Fleet announced.

03.02.2009 Caspian Flotilla will not be relocated from Astrakhan
Information about the relocation of the Caspian Flotilla from Astrakhan to Makhachkala has nothing to do with reality, said Captain First Class Igor Dygalo, an aide to the commander of the Russian Navy.

02.26.2009 Yemen ready to cooperate with Russian Navy in fight against piracy
Yemen is ready to assist Russian ships in the fight against piracy in the Gulf of Aden, Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh told Russian President Dmitry Medvedev during a meeting in the Kremlin.

02.25.2009 Full-scale Bulava tests to resume
Work to establish the reasons behind the failure of the test launches of the Russian sea-based intercontinental ballistic missile Bulava has been completed, said Army General Nikolay Makarov, the chief of staff of the Russian Armed Forces.

02.24.2009 Pirates took away almost all small arms from Faina
The pirates who last September captured the Ukrainian ship Faina took away most of the small arms on the cargo ship, the Ukrainian newspaper Segodnya reported on Monday.

02.20.2009 Russian diesel sub St.Petersburg to enter service by yearend
The Russian diesel submarine St.Petersburg will enter service in the Russian Navy by the end of 2009, Admiral Vyacheslav Popov, a former commander of the Northern Fleet and now chairman of the Federation Council's Commission on Naval Policy, told a conference titled Future of the Russian Navy in St.Petersburg on February 19.

02.19.2009 Russian Navy hands over ten pirates to Yemen
The Russian Navy has handed over to Yemeni authorities the pirates captured a few days ago by the crew of the cruiser Pyotr Veliky (Peter The Great) off the Somali coast.

02.18.2009 Oil slick drifting towards Irish coast
A huge oil slick that presumably formed as a result of a leakage during the refueling of Russian warships is now moving towards the Irish coast at a speed of 20 km/h, the BBC reported.

02.17.2009 Russian warships spilled nuclear fuel near Irish coast - Media
Two Russian warships spilled nuclear fuel in the southern coast of Ireland, the Irish TV channel RTE reported on February 16.

02.16.2009 Two nuclear subs collided in Atlantic
Two nuclear submarines – the British Vanguard and French Le Triomphant – collided deep in the Atlantic Ocean in the beginning of February, The Sun reported citing an anonymous source in the British Defense Ministry.

02.13.2009 Russian and U.S. navies fights pirates in the Gulf of Aden
The Russian and U.S. navies joined forces today in the Gulf of Aden in an extraordinary display of counter-piracy cooperation and high-seas diplomacy. The Russian destroyer Admiral Vinogradov and the U.S.-guided missile cruiser Vella Gulf launched a coordinated military response to a distress call from a Panamanian cargo ship, which reported it was about to be attacked by pirates.

02.12.2009 Russian Navy must be present in all crucial world oceans - Commander
The main goal underpinning the actions of the Russian Navy is to provide strategic deterrence in order to make sure no country threatens Russia and its allies, said Admiral Vladimir Vysotsky, the commander of the Russian Navy.