New missile boat to start Caspian trials
A new attack missile craft will start sea trials with Russia’s Caspian Flotilla in early July, the Southern Military District said on Monday
Upgraded nuclear cruiser to rejoin Russian Navy in 2018
The Admiral Nakhimov, a nuclear-powered missile cruiser currently being overhauled and modernized, will rejoin the Russian Navy in 2018 with the most advanced weapons systems for its vessel type, the Sevmash shipyard said Thursday
Russia’s third Borey-class sub blessed for sea trials
A third Borey-class nuclear-powered submarine will soon begin trials in the White Sea, and a Russian Orthodox priest has blessed the sub and its crew, the Sevmash shipyard said Monday
Russia, Ukraine to hold joint naval drills on June 19-25
Some 15 warships and auxiliary vessels will take part in Russian-Ukrainian anti-piracy exercises in the Black Sea on June 19-25, a Russian Black Sea Fleet spokesman said
Kremlin restates ‘security interests’ in Mediterranean
Russia is committed to ensuring conditions for its permanent naval presence in the Mediterranean, where it has legitimate national security interests, President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday
Severodvinsk nuclear attack submarine
Russia’s new nuclear sub in sea trials
Russia’s Project 885 Yasen-class attack submarine, the Severodvinsk, has embarked on its latest series of official tests in the White Sea, the manufacturer said Monday
Upon receiving Boreys RF’s Navy to resume strategic submarines patrol in southern latitudes
Zones for combat patrol of strategic missile nuclear submarines of the Russian Navy in the world's oceans will be expanded significantly from 2014, a source at the General Staff of the Armed Forces told Itar-Tass on Saturday
First anaerobic system for Lada non-nuclear submarines due 2016 - Navy’s Commander
The first full-scale /staging/ sample of an air-independent power plant for non-nuclear submarines will be created in 2016, the Russian Navy’s Commander-in-Chief Admiral Viktor Chirkov said on Saturday
Russia, Norway to hold Barents Sea drills in June
Russian and Norwegian naval forces will conduct a joint exercise in the Barents Sea on June 4-7, Northern Fleet spokesman Vadim Serga said on Thursday
Russia, NATO to hold joint Black Sea drills
Russia and NATO will conduct a joint naval exercise in the Black Sea this coming fall, Russia’s envoy to NATO said on Tuesday
Russia to scrap world’s biggest nuclear subs
Russia will decommission and scrap two of the largest submarines in the world by 2018, a defense industry source told RIA Novosti on Tuesday
Russian naval task force to head to Atlantic and Latin America
Russia’s naval task force made up of ships from the Black Sea, Baltic and Northern Fleets will set off on a long journey this summer or autumn to hone combat skills in the Atlantic until October
Baltic Fleet ships depart from Piraeus for Mediterranean Sea
A unit of the Russian Baltic Fleet warships and support vessels has departed from the Greek port Piraeus upon the completion of a business visit, the fleet press service reported
Russia’s Mediterranean task force to include nuclear subs – Navy Chief
Russia’s Mediterranean task force will comprise 5-6 warships and may be enlarged to include nuclear submarines, Navy Commander Adm. Viktor Chirkov said on Sunday
320 years of Russia’s White Sea naval presence
Ceremonies held near the Russian port city of Arkhangelsk on the coast of the White Sea have marked 320 years since Russian shipbuilders led by Tsar Peter I built and launched a 24-cannon tallship, named The Apostol Pavel, which became Russia’s first
Russian battlecruiser Pyotr Velikiy
Russia-Norway military exercisers begin in Barents Sea
A large anti-submarine ship The Vice-Admiral Kulakov on Saturday came out of the main base of the Northern Fleet - Severomorsk - to participate in the joint Norwegian-Russian naval exercises called Pomor 2013. Following the Russian ship, from Severom
Russia to commission newest warship in mid-May
Russia’s newest Baltic Fleet warship, the Project 20380 Boiky corvette, will be handed over to the Navy on May 16, St. Petersburg's Severnaya Verf shipyard said on Monday
Baltic Fleet patrol ship arrives in Gulf of Aden to form convoy of civilian ships
The Russian Baltic Fleet’s patrol ship Neustrashimy arrived at the destination point of the Gulf of Aden, where a convoy of civilian ships will be formed to escort them with the navigation security ensured in this sea area