A group of ships from the Russian North Fleet led by the nuclear missile cruiser “Pyotr Velikiy” (Peter the Great) departed to Atlantic Ocean to take part in the first joint Russian-Venezuelan naval exercises. Russia`s airplanes is also reported to join the maneuvers. The Russian-Venezuelan are said to practice their rescue skills and hold communication [...]

The 8th meeting of the Indo-Russian Working Group on Shipbuilding, Aviation and Land Systems was held on 18-19 August, 2008 in New Delhi within the framework of the Indo-Russian Inter-Governmental Commission on Military Technical Co-operation. A Protocol was signed by both sides at the end of the Working Group meeting. The talks were held in [...]

Russian Ministry of Defence release says that today, in the vicinity of Russian warships patrolling off the coast of Abkhazia, four Georgian fast missile boats violated the declared security zone and did not respond to warnings. The Russian ships fired on board artillery resulting in sinking of one Georgian Missile boats and the other three [...]