Russian naval exercise in the Mediterranean
Vessels from three of Russia’s fleets will be conducting naval drills in the Mediterranean in the coming days.
The Greek Joint Staff has given green light for the Russia vessel group led by the country’s only aircraft carrier “Admiral Kuznetsov” to conduct flights in western Greek air territory. The exercise will probably take place in the days January 3-6, Vedomosti writes.
The vessel group includes the destroyer “Admiral Chabanenko”, the support vessel “Nikolay Chiker” and the tanker “Sergey Osipov” from the Northern Fleet, the frigate “Yaroslav Mudry” from the Baltic Fleet as well as vessels from the Black Sea Fleet.
The vessels group from the Northern Fleet left its base in Severomorsk on December 6 and is planned to visit ports in Lebanon and Syria.
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“Admiral Kuznetsov” last conducted drills in the area in January 2009, as BarentsObserver reported.
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Background information
The Russian Northern Fleet (Russian: Северный флот, Severny Flot) is an operational-strategic part of the Russian Navy. It is the youngest of the Russian fleet, established in 1933.
The fleet's headquarters are in the closed town Severomorsk, where the main base and administrative centre for several bases located throughout the Kola Gulf are located.
The Northern Fleet is the most powerful of Russia’s four fleets. About two thirds of all the Russian Navy's nuclear force is based there. The fleet consists of nuclear-powered missile and torpedo submarines, missile warships, aircraft carriers and anti-submarine ships. Russia’s only operating aircraft carrier, “Admiral Kuznetsov”, belongs to the Northern Fleet. The flagship of the Northern Fleet is the nuclear-powered large guided missile cruiser Pyotr Veliky.
In 2008, the Russian Navy resumed its presence on the world’s oceans after several years of low activity. Northern Fleet vessels operated in the Atlantic Ocean, the Mediterranean and the Caribbean Sea.
The fleet's headquarters are in the closed town Severomorsk, where the main base and administrative centre for several bases located throughout the Kola Gulf are located.
The Northern Fleet is the most powerful of Russia’s four fleets. About two thirds of all the Russian Navy's nuclear force is based there. The fleet consists of nuclear-powered missile and torpedo submarines, missile warships, aircraft carriers and anti-submarine ships. Russia’s only operating aircraft carrier, “Admiral Kuznetsov”, belongs to the Northern Fleet. The flagship of the Northern Fleet is the nuclear-powered large guided missile cruiser Pyotr Veliky.
In 2008, the Russian Navy resumed its presence on the world’s oceans after several years of low activity. Northern Fleet vessels operated in the Atlantic Ocean, the Mediterranean and the Caribbean Sea.
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