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 04/06/2010PF naval aviation turned 78 Pacific Fleet (PF) naval aviation turned 78. In the Far East, military aviation first emerged in 1912 at Spasskoye settlement being attached to Siberian aeronautic battalion. Nowadays PF pilots take off in increasing frequency. |
 04/06/2010Frigate Yaroslav Mudry started her first cruise Frigate Yaroslav Mudry will escort nuclear-powered missile cruiser Petr Veliky to the Mediterranean. Then the ship will be changed by a BSF warship and head home to Baltiysk. Yaroslav Mudry is same type with famous frigate Neustrashimy presently called "pirate-chaser". |
 04/06/2010Large ASW ship Vice Admiral Kulakov returns to NF after capital upgrade Large ASW ship Vice Admiral Kulakov (Project 1155) having passed fundamental modernization at Severnaya Verf (St. Petersburg) will be recommissioned into Northern Fleet. In 90's the ship was planned to be dismantled due to underfinancing. |
 04/05/2010Sailing ship Nadezhda to sail around the Pacific prior to APEC summit Russian sailing ship Nadezhda will start a cruise around the Pacific Ocean in Dec 2010; the cruise is associated with APEC summit to be held in Vladivostok in 2012. During the cruise, the ship will visit almost all APEC member countries. |
 04/05/2010PF to take part in Russian naval exercise in Indian Ocean Pacific Fleet's (PF) warships will participate in large-scale naval exercise in northwest part of Indian Ocean in late summer 2010. This is going to be the largest maneuvers of Russian Navy in two recent decades. |
 04/05/2010Sevmash to introduce modular shipbuilding method Defense shipyard Sevmash (Severodvinsk) will introduce progressive modular shipbuilding method. This method is widely applied worldwide. The shipyard's primary purpose is building nuclear-powered subs for the Navy. |
 04/03/2010Putin and Chavez visited sailing ship Kruzenshtern at Caracas port Russian premier Vladimir Putin along with Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez visited Russian sailing ship Kruzenshtern standing at Caracas port La Guaira. Visiting the ship, Chavez offered to Russian premier a student swap in training maritime science. |
 04/02/2010Defense ministry repaid wage arrears to military plant in Murmansk Employees of factory controlled by Northern Fleet Engineer Service stopped a week-long hunger strike when Ministry of Defense completely repaid wage arrears which were almost 14 mln RUR as of March 2010. |
 04/02/2010Petr Veliky honored legacy of Komsomolets Sailing through Norwegian Sea, nuclear-powered missile cruiser Petr Veliky stopped to honor legacy of crew of nuclear submarine Komsomolets perished in April 1989 in consequence of large-scale fire. |
 04/01/2010Russian warships to fight piracy along with NATO and EU Pacific Fleet (PF) anti-piracy task unit arrived to the Gulf of Aden and led by large ASW ship Marshal Shaposhnikov will cooperate with NATO's 151 Squadron and EU NAVFOR, although Russian ships will act in accordance with national plan. |
 04/01/2010Russia launched the first series-built corvette Launching ceremony of the first series-built corvette Soobrazitelny of Project 20380 was held at Severnaya Verf (St. Petersburg). Previously, neither Soviet nor Russian navies classed corvette as a separate type of warships. |
 04/01/2010Admiralteyskie Verfi delivered next Kilo-class sub to foreign orderer Admiralteyskie Verfi shipyard delivered Project 636 Kilo diesel electric submarine to foreign orderer. Delivery-acceptance certificate was triumphantly signed today. Such diesel electric subs are in great demand at international market. |
 04/01/2010Russian bark Kruzenshtern calls at Venezuelan port Carrying out a 5-month long transatlantic cruise, Russian drill sailing ship Kruzenshtern called at Venezuelan port La Guaira on Wed. Built in 1926, the bark is rightfully considered a shining sample of Russian drill sailing fleet. |
 03/31/2010Russia, Greece to hold joint naval exercise this year Russian and Greek navies will conduct joint exercise this year. The meeting between Russian and Greek defense ministers Anatoly Serdiukov and Evangelos Venizelos took place in Moscow on Tuesday. 15 activities with participation of Russian and Greek servicemen are scheduled in 2010, including exchange of delegations, mutual visits of ships, and joint naval exercise with warships of the two countries. |
 03/31/2010Navy CIC promised to declassify information of Arctic shelf frontiers Demarcation of Russian continental shelf in Arctic is 80% completed, said Admiral Vladimir Vysotsky, Russian Navy Commander-in-Chief. Upon termination of these works Russian defense ministry will decide what hydrographic information to declassify. |
 03/31/2010Russia, Kuwait tied delivery contract of two Murena-type landing boats Russia and Kuwait tied a delivery contract of two Project 12061E Murena air cushion landing boats. The ship of the project is capable to carry either 2 armored personnel carriers or 2 amphibious tanks or 1 medium tank or 130 fully equipped marines. |
 03/31/2010Severnaya Verf to launch first series-built corvette Soobrazitelny Severnaya Verf shipyard (St. Petersburg) will launch the first series-built corvette of Project 20380 Soobrazitelny. Lead ship of this project - Stereguschiy - was commissioned into Baltic Fleet in Oct 2008. |
 03/30/2010PF task unit reached the Horn of Africa The fourth Pacific Fleet's (PF) task unit consisting of large ASW ship Marshal Shaposhnikov, ocean-going salvage tug and tanker Pechenga reached the Horn of Africa on Monday to participate in international anti-piracy efforts. |
 03/30/2010French frigate Chevalier Paul visits Severomorsk French AA frigate Chevalier Paul pays official visit to Northern Fleet's (NF) main base Severomorsk on Tuesday. Once the port call is finished, the French frigate will take part in an exercise along with NF large ASW ship. |
 03/30/2010Russian naval pilots to be trained in Ukraine Northern Fleet's (NF) naval pilots will probably resume training at deck simulator NITKA in Crimea this summer. Nonetheless, the construction of same-type center in Yeisk (Krasnodar region) will be continued. |
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