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01/29/2009
Russian crew abandon burning trawler in Sea of Okhotsk
A fire broke out in the Russian fishing trawler Ikarma-7 off the coast of the Kamchatka Peninsula.

01/29/2009
Japan demands release of fishermen arrested by Russia
Japan has demanded the soonest release of the 10 fishermen arrested by Russian coast guards on January 27 onboard the Iosimaru-38 crab fishing trawler, said Tateo Kawamura, the general secretary of the Japanese government.

01/29/2009
Teaching staff, students of Northern Fleet Institute receive prestigious awards
The teaching staff and students of the Northern Fleet Institute named after Admiral Ushakov were amongst the recipients of the prestigious awards of the Russian Defense Ministry and other nongovernmental organizations.

01/29/2009
Russian Navy's main headquarters relocation to St. Pete could drag on
Some structures of the Russian Navy's main HQ have begun relocation from Moscow to St. Petersburg, but the process could take more than a year, an official from the St. Petersburg garrison told Interfax.

01/29/2009
Ukraine’s Rada must exclude extension of Black Sea Fleet agreement – Ukrainian political party
The Ukrainian government must forbid any decision regarding the extension of the agreement allowing the dislocation of the Russian Black Sea Fleet on the territory of Ukraine, Boris Kozhin, the commander of the Ukrainian Navy and a member of the Ukrainian National Party (UNP), believes.

01/29/2009
Month of public defense information underway at Baltic Fleet
A month of public defense information related to Defender of the Motherland Day and the 20th anniversary of the withdrawal of Soviet troops from Afghanistan was launched a while ago.

01/28/2009
The Russian and Indian navies have started joint naval exercises in the Arabian Sea off the Indian coast
The Russian and Indian navies have started joint naval exercises in the Arabian Sea off the Indian coast. INDRA is a biennial Russian-Indian exercise aimed at practicing cooperation in enforcing maritime law and countering piracy, terrorism and drug smuggling.

01/28/2009
Russia’s Moskva missile cruiser calls at Sicilian port
The Russian guided missile cruiser Moskva, a flagship of the Black Sea Fleet, arrived at the port of Messina, Sicily.

01/28/2009
French frigate stops pirates trying to hijack ship
Le Floreal, a French frigate, on Tuesday seized two motorboats full of pirates as the later prepared to approach a cargo ship off the coast of Somalia, the French media reported citing military sources.

01/28/2009
Peter The Great’s warships found in Gulf of Finland
Six warships that were part of Peter The Great’s fleet were found 50 meters under the Baltic Sea during the construction of the North Stream pipeline.

01/28/2009
Russian border guards confirm arrest of Japanese schooner
Russian border guards on Tuesday seized the Japanese Esi Mary-38 with a cargo of frozen crab, the Interfax news agency reported, citing sources in the Primorye branch of the Border Service of the Russian Federal Security Services.

01/28/2009
Georgia accuses Russia of militarism
Georgia has accused Russia of militarism in reaction to news of the possible creation of a base for the Black Sea Fleet in Abkhazia, calling in the same vain on the international community not to allow the Caucasus to be turned into a military staging area.

01/28/2009
Gates says would have allowed Russian warships to moor in Miami
U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said that he would have allowed Russian warship to moor in Miami if Russia had not conducted a military operation last August in the Caucasus.

01/27/2009
Russian warship to call at Italian port
The guided missile cruiser Moskva, the flagship of Russia's Black Sea Fleet, will make an unofficial visit to the Italian port of Messina in Sicily on Tuesday.

01/27/2009
Pentagon skeptical Russian ships will join U.S.-led effort to tame Somali pirates
The Pentagon has expressed skepticism that Russian battleships will join the 151st Operative Division of the U.S. 5th Fleet set up to confront Somali pirates. In a briefing for journalists, a spokesman for the U.S. 5th Fleet, which is based in Bahrain, Commander James Campbell, said that at the moment no foreign ship has joined the division, which will be commanded by Rear Admiral Terry McKnight, even though such plans were in the works.

01/27/2009
Cruiser Moskva drills missile-firing in Mediterranean
The missile cruiser Moskva of Russia’s Black Sea Fleet conducted exercises involving missile-firing simulation using its main weapon complexes in the Mediterranean.

01/27/2009
Greek sailor dies off Cameroon coast in pirate attack
A Greek sailor was killed off the Cameroon coast in an attack by pirates, the Greek Ministry of Trade Fleet announced on Tuesday.

01/27/2009
A hundred sailors were awarded Guard certificates
The missile cruiser Moskva, under the command of Captain First Class Igor Smolyak, continues its mission in the Mediterranean Sea. The ship is currently on its way towards Sicily, where it is scheduled to take part in an international memorial ceremony to remember the victims of the earthquake that shook the town of Messina in 1908.

01/27/2009
Ivanov slams Roscosmos on Bulava test launches
Russian Vice Prime Minister Sergei Ivanov has criticized Roscosmos for its handling of the test launches of the strategic ballistic missile Bulava. At a meeting of the Federal Space Agency, Ivanov said that such tests must be real, rather than substituted by theoretical modeling, the Mayak radio station reported.

01/26/2009
Official firing of guns in commemoration of the creation of the Central Naval Museum
On January 24, 2009, at 12:00, the commemoration of the 300th anniversary of the creation of the Central Naval Museum at the Petropavlovskaya fortress witnessed an official ceremony involving the firing of artillery guns.

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