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April 13, 2020 (Google Translation) – A detachment of ships of the Caspian Flotilla continued the inter-fleet passage to the Black Sea after stopping at the roadstead in Rostov-on-Don. On the way along the Volga-Don Canal with a length of more than 100 kilometers, warships overcame 13 locks. The ships passed Volgograd, Kalach-na-Donu, Volgodonsk, Semikarakorsk. As part of the control…
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April 6, 2020 (Google Translation) – On March 8, KNM Thor Heyerdahl left the naval base at Haakonsvern. Since then, they have operated along the Norwegian coast with special focus on Nordland, Troms and Finnmark, as well as the Barents Sea north-east of Finnmark. We have spent some time in the Barents Sea this Easter where we have used our…
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March 31, 2021 (TASS) – A staff member of the Russian Embassy in Italy has been detained in Rome, the Russian diplomatic mission confirmed on Wednesday. “We confirm that on March 30 an employee from the military attache’s office was detained in Rome. The circumstances of the incident are being clarified. We believe it is inappropriate to comment on the…
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March 19, 2021 (Google Translation) – On the day of the 115th anniversary of the Russian submarine fleet, the team of the Admiralty Shipyards (part of the USC) laid flowers at the commemorative sign “100th anniversary of the Russian submarine forces.” For nearly a hundred years, the Admiralty Shipyards have been the flagship of the Russian submarine building industry. Serial…
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February 9, 2020 (Google Translation) – This morning the missile cruiser Marshal Ustinov left the main base of the Northern Fleet – Severomorsk – to carry out complex combat training tasks at sea. In addition, the cruiser will work out a number of tasks related to ensuring the safety of navigation in the Arctic zone of responsibility of the Northern…
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February 4, 2020 (Google Translation) – The crews of three new warships, which arrived in St. Petersburg to undergo a two-month training cycle at the Joint Training Center of the Russian Navy, have embarked on the stage of practicing practical actions for the operation of ship equipment and weapons at training simulators. In particular, naval combat crews from the crews…
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January 30, 2021 (Google Translation) – As part of the tasks for its intended purpose in the Baltic Sea, the ship’s trawling group (KTG) of the Baltic Fleet, consisting of the base minesweeper Leonid Sobolev and the raid minesweeper Leonid Perepech, defused mines set by the imaginary enemy. In accordance with the exercise plan in the training grounds located in…
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December 25, 2020 (Google Translation) – On December 25, the flag of the Russian Navy was raised on the third serial corvette, built at the three-time-awarded Amur Shipyard (part of the USC). Having successfully completed the program of factory running and state tests, during which all the systems and weapons of the ship were checked, after the State Acceptance Commission…
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December 12, 2020 (Google Translation) – By the end of 2020, auxiliary vessels of the Pacific Fleet were recognized as one of the most running at the Pacific Fleet. The total duration of their work at sea exceeded 10 thousand days. Ships of the auxiliary fleet in Primorye and Kamchatka this year took part in three long-distance cruises, icebreakers “Sadko”…
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November 27, 2020 (Google Translation) – In Kamchatka, the crews of the Il-38 anti-submarine squadron of the Troops and Forces in the North-East of Russia completed missions in the near zone of responsibility of the Pacific Fleet. In the course of the flight mission, a group of aircraft consisting of three Il-38s over the Pacific Ocean improved tactics of group…
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