03/10/2009
Russian munitions in smuggling case listed as metal - source
Russian military officials tried to smuggle 30 anti-submarine missiles and 200 aviation bombs via Tajikistan to China under the guise of nonferrous metal deliveries, a law enforcement source said on Friday.
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03/10/2009
Talks on aircraft carrier intensify
Over the month, leader of the Sevmash yard in Severodvinsk, Arkhangelsk Oblast, has been twice in India to negotiate new contract terms for sales of the aircraft carrier Admiral Gorshkov.
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 03/06/2009
Russia’s Voronezh nuclear ballistic missile submarine at Zvezdochka shipyards for planned modernization
The Russian Project 949A (Antey) nuclear ballistic missile submarine Voronezh of the Northern Fleet has reached the water area of the Zvezdochka shipyards, where it will undergo modernization, the press service of Zvezdochka has announced.
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03/05/2009
Black Sea Fleet preparing to celebrate 40th anniversary naval surface force
The former commander of the Black Sea Fleet, Admiral Igor Kasatonov, is in Sebastopol on a working visit.
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 03/05/2009
Russia's Pacific Fleet to cut 5,000 personnel
The Russian Pacific Fleet will reduce its size by shedding 5,000 personnel in the coming few years, an official with the headquarters of the Pacific Fleet told Ria Novosti.
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 03/04/2009
Pacific Fleet receives brand-new apartment building in Kamchatka
The second multi-story apartment building for members of the Russian Pacific Fleet has been completed this year in Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky.
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03/04/2009
Black Sea Fleet warships out at sea to practice course exercises
The flagship of Russia’s Black Sea Fleet, the guard missile cruiser Moskva, and the missile hovercraft Bora under the flags of their division commanders went out to sea on March 3 to practice K-2 coursework exercises.
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03/03/2009
Caspian marine brigade dissolved
The 77th Marine Brigade of the Russian Caspian Flotilla has been dissolved, Itar-Tass reported citing information from the headquarters of the Caspian Flotilla.
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03/03/2009
Neustrashimy commander wins Captain of the Year award
The commander of the Russian escort destroyer Neustrashimy, Captain 2nd Class Alexey Apanovich, has been awarded the 2008 Captain of the Year award by the unanimous decision of the Administration Commission of the Sea Port of Kaliningrad.
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 03/02/2009
Admiral Panteleyev to replace Admiral Vinogradov in Gulf of Aden
The large antisubmarine ship of the Russian Pacific Fleet will begin patrolling the Gulf of Aden in April to help fight piracy, a source in the headquarters of the Pacific Fleet told Ria Novosti.
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03/02/2009
Parameters of Russia’s new-generation aircraft carrier defined
The Russian Navy’s new-generation aircraft carrier will be powered by a nuclear generator and have a water displacement of 60,000 tonnes, Vice Admiral Anatoly Shlemov, an official with the United Shipbuilding Corporation, told Ria Novosti on Friday.
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02/26/2009
Russian Navy official sheds light on Tajikistan missile trafficking scheme
A group of naval officers and their associates planned to smuggle Russian antisubmarine missiles into Tajikistan under the guise of decommissioned weapons, Igor Dygalo, an aide to the commander of the Russian Navy, told Ria Novosti.
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02/26/2009
Russian Navy has begun receiving Komar turret installation
The Russian turret installation Komar has successfully completed government tests and has now been installed on Russian Navy ships, Vladimir Baybakov, the general director of Ratep, the company that developed the system, told Interfax in an interview.
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02/26/2009
Russia has developed robot for fight against pirates
Specialists of the Petrozavodsk Engineering Center for Fire Robot Technology have designed a modification of a firefighting robot that could be used to repel pirate attacks on ships. The robot has a powerful water cannon capable of wiping out the entire crew of a pirates’ boat, Ria Novosti reported.
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02/25/2009
Russian tanker attacked by pirates off the Nigerian coast - source
The tanker Khatanga, which belongs to the Murmansk Shipping Company and was transporting oil, was attacked by pirates 20 miles off the Nigerian coast: the tanker succeeded in escaping the attack, and no one was injured, a source in the company told Ria Novosti on Tuesday.
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02/25/2009
The Russian Navy will take into account the presence of NATO ships in the Arctic - source
The battle training plans of the Russian Navy will take into account the presence of NATO ships in the Arctic, a high-ranking representative of the headquarters of the Russian Navy told Ria Novosti.
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02/25/2009
Russian warships to continue their missions in World Ocean
Russian warships continue to carry out missions in strategically important ocean and sea regions, Captain First Class Igor Dygalo, an aide to the commander of the Russian Navy, told Ria Novosti.
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02/24/2009
New Bulava launch in March
Test fires of the new Bulava sea-based intercontinental ballistic missile will probably be resumed in March.
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02/24/2009
New shuttle tanker for Varandey oil terminal
The Russian company Sovkomflot received a new ice class shuttle tanker to be used between the oil terminal Varandey and Murmansk.
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02/24/2009
Sebastopol officials want Black Sea Fleet to release classified information
The Sebastopol Employment office and Employment Fund are demanding that the command of the Black Sea Fleet release the list of workers susceptible to be laid off, which is classified information.
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