Russian Navy News

12/24/2008
Russia to test-launch at least 5 Bulava ICBMs in 2009 - Navy
The number of test launches for Russia's Bulava ICBM will be increased from three or four to at least five next year, a senior Navy official said on Tuesday.

12/22/2008
Cubans line up to visit Russian warships in Havana
Cubans waited in long lines to step on board the Russian destroyer Admiral Chabanenko, which sailed into Havana Bay on Friday, a RIA Novosti correspondent reported.

12/22/2008
The Russian submarine fleet celebrates 50 years of nuclear power
The first Soviet nuclear powered submarine, the K-3, later named Leninsky Komsomol, was delivered to the Soviet Navy December 17 1958.

12/20/2008
Russian warship escorts 8 commercial vessels off Somalia
Russia's Northern Fleet Neustrashimy (Fearless) missile frigate is escorting a group of commercial ships off the Somali coast, a Russian Navy spokesman said on Friday.

12/20/2008
Russian warship calls at Lisbon
Russia's Admiral Levchenko destroyer has called at the Portuguese capital, Lisbon, a Russian Navy spokesman said on Friday.

12/20/2008
Foreign spies seek information on Sevmash – FSB
Foreign intelligence services continue to try to obtain classified information on the Sevmash shipyard in Russia's northern Arkhangelsk Region, a senior FSB official said. The countries involved included the United States and "some of its NATO allies".

12/19/2008
Russia's Yury Dolgoruky submarine to start sea trials by yearend
Russia's first Borey-class strategic nuclear submarine will start sea trials by the end of 2008, a defense industry source said on Thursday.

12/19/2008
Somali pirates may release Ukrainian ship, crew by Christmas
The Faina, a Ukrainian ship captured by Somali pirates in September, may be released by Christmas, a Ukrainian news agency reported on Thursday.

12/18/2008
Somali pirates seize Turkish ship with 8 Ukrainians in crew
Eight Ukrainians are among the crewmembers on board a Turkish ship captured by Somali pirates in the Gulf of Aden, the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday.

12/18/2008
Russian carrier-based fighters exercise over Atlantic
A Russian naval group led by the Admiral Kuznetsov aircraft carrier, en route to the Mediterranean, conducted a series of training flights over the Celtic Sea, a Navy spokesman said on Tuesday.

12/18/2008
Russia to hold more test launches of Bulava ICBM in 2009
Russia will hold several more test launches of the Bulava intercontinental ballistic missile next year before a final decision to adopt it for service is made, a senior Navy official said on Tuesday.

12/16/2008
Russia, Ukraine to hold talks on Black Sea Fleet base in Q109
Russia and Ukraine have agreed to hold the next round of talks on the future of Russia's naval facilities in the Crimea in February-March 2009, the Russian Foreign Ministry said on Monday.

12/15/2008
Russian warships to visit Cuba Friday - Navy
Three Northern Fleet warships will arrive in Havana on Friday for the Russian Navy's first visit to Cuba since the Cold War, a Navy spokesman said on Monday.

12/15/2008
Another ice-breaking vessel for Norilsk Nickel
Mining and metallurgy giant Norilsk Nickel has included the fourth ice-protected vessel in its Arctic fleet. The company is now about to get independent of the services of the Russian icebreaker fleet.

12/12/2008
Somali pirates 'to release Ukrainian vessel in next two weeks'
The Ukrainian ship Faina, captured by Somali pirates in September, may be released in the next two weeks according to a Russian website devoted to maritime issues.

12/12/2008
Somali envoy says release of Ukrainian ship requires cooperation
The Somali ambassador to Moscow said on Wednesday that Ukraine and all sides involved in negotiations to free ships seized off the east African coast need to cooperate with the Somali authorities.

12/10/2008
Somali pirates invented story of attack by Faina crew - analyst
Reports that the crew of a Ukrainian ship held by Somali pirates attacked two of their abductors were fabricated by the pirates, the chief editor of a maritime publication said Tuesday.

12/10/2008
Russian frigate escorts another convoy along Somali coast
A Russian frigate currently protecting civilian ships from Somali pirate attacks near the Horn of Africa is escorting another convoy of four vessels in the area, a Navy spokesman said.

12/08/2008
Ransom vessel 'en route to pirate-held Ukrainian ship'
A vessel is believed to be heading for Ukraine's Faina cargo ship to deliver a ransom payment to Somali pirates who seized the ship off the Horn of Africa in September, a Russian shipping news website said on Friday.

12/05/2008
Russian Navy to replace warship policing Somali waters after Dec.
A Russian destroyer will be sent to the Horn of Africa in December to take over from a missile frigate currently protecting civilian ships from Somali pirate attacks in the region, a Navy official said on Thursday.