Russian Navy News

10/01/2009
France positively reacts on Russia's intentions to buy heli-carrier
France positively reacts on Russia's intentions to purchase Mistral-type helicopter carrier, said Herve Morin, French Defense Minister on Thursday press conference in Moscow.

10/01/2009
Russian opera star in Severomorsk
People's Artist of Russia Vasily Gerello, soloist of Mariinsky Theater gave a patronage concert for Northern Fleet mariners in Severomorsk.

09/30/2009
Rosatom to utilize 191 nuc subs out of 198 outcommissioned by 2010
Rosatom corporation will utilize 191 nuclear submarines out of 198 outcommissioned from the Navy by the end of 2010.

09/30/2009
Four shipbuilding zones to be formed on Far East - Shport
It was decided to create four shipbuilding zones on Russian Far East, development concept of the branch has been approved by federal authorities.

09/30/2009
ISS Expedition 21 to be supported by Pacific Fleet ships
Sojuz TMA-16, starting today from Baikonur to International Space Station will be supported by ground services and ships of Pacific Fleet.

09/30/2009
CSTO maneuvers Cooperation-2009 start in Kazakhstan
Cooperation-2009 maneuvers are a third stage of a large-scale operability test of armed forces of CSTO members. The objective is improvement of combat skills.

09/30/2009
Defense ministry to purchase 26 deck-based fighters MiG-29K by 2011
Russian Ministry of Defense plans to buy 26 deck-based fighters MiG-29K for the Navy by the end 2011, which were successfully tested at Northern Fleet.

09/29/2009
Active phase of Zapad-2009 to be held in Belarus
Active phase of Zapad-2009 strategic exercise will be carried out in Belarus on Tuesday, the Russian and Belarusian Presidents Dmitry Medvedev and Alexander Lukashenko will attend the event.

09/29/2009
Financial indebtedness to Shipyard 33 to be paid soon – RF MoD
Financial indebtedness to RF MoD Shipyard 33 in Baltiysk will be paid in the nearest future.

09/29/2009
Russia to have powerful Navy in ten years
Maritime stage of the large-scale exercise Zapad-2009 with the ships of Baltic, Northern and Black Sea Fleets carried out in Baltic.

09/28/2009
RN ships started final stage of Zapad-2009 exercise
Large amphibious ships of Baltic Fleet, Black Sea Fleet and Northern Fleet are participating in the final stage of Zapad-2009 strategic exercise.

09/26/2009
The Baltic Fleet mariners improve combat skills at Zapad-2009 exercise
Coast guards, ships and naval aviation of Baltic Fleet improve their combat skills in Kaliningrad region on Saturday, these activities are related with strategic exercise Zapad-2009 conducted on Sept, 8-29.

09/25/2009
Arctic Sea has probably left Canaries region – the source
The cargo ship Arctic Sea and escorting it RNS Ladny most likely left Canaries region.

09/25/2009
Northern Fleet's DES Yaroslavl put afloat after dock repairs at Nerpa shipyard
Northern Fleet's diesel-electric submarine (DES) B-808 Yaroslavl put afloat after dock repairs at Nerpa shipyard, Snezhnogorsk branch of Zvezdochka shipyard.

09/24/2009
Black Sea Fleet Commander met with Tatarstan delegation
Vice Admiral Alexander Kletskov, Black Sea Fleet Commander met with delegation from Republic of Tatarstan in Sevastopol. This Russian region has actively conferred patronage upon the Black Sea Fleet for many years.

09/24/2009
Rescuers found belongings of a man lost on the sunken ship
On Thursday at the lakeshore the rescuers of EMERCOM have found belongings of a man lost in Lake Pyasino where the vessel Silny wrecked on Sept 20.

09/24/2009
The sports center opened in Polyarny
The opening ceremony of sports center Kaskad took place in closed political subdivision (CPS) Polyarny, Murmansk region. The object was built by local authorities at the expense of subventions appropriated from federal budget.

09/24/2009
Russian Navy will probably buy 24 MiG-29K fighters designed for India
Russian Navy plans to purchase 24 deck-based fighters MiG-29K which development was financed by India to arm the only Russian aircraft carrier Admiral Kuznetsov.

09/23/2009
Piracy threat will probably cause increase in salary of Russian sailors
Due to the growth of pirate attacks, International Transport Workers' Federation (ITWF) where Guild of Russian Sailors (GRS) is on the rolls addressed a petition to International Bargaining Forum (IBF) with a request to expand high risk area near Somali coast and to double the salary of seamen.

09/23/2009
Rescuers located search area of the ship sunken near Norilsk
Rescuers of EMERCOM along with divers perform flyover of Lake Pyasino in Krasnoyarskiy Krai where the vessel sunk on Sept 20, search area of the ship and the people lost is located.