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Russian Navy supporting FSB security team inspections of merchant vessels in the Baltic Sea
Baltic Fleet tugs “Aleksandr Frolov” and “SB-123” support inspections of merchant vessels bound for Russian ports in the Gulf of Finland. This is an…
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Russian Navy Northern Fleet conducts missile firings for Navy Day
Ships and submarines in the Barents Sea for "Exercise July Storm" highly likely conducted missile firing activity as part of Russian Navy Day…
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June 2025

May 2025

Russia begins large scale exercise in the Baltic Sea
Baltic and Northern Fleet forces with support from the Aerospace forces of the Leningrad and Moscow Military districts have begun a large scale "base…
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Russian destroyer enters the Baltic Sea, increasing regional naval capability
Northern Fleet "Vice Admiral Kulakov" is likely bound for maintenance activity however, with two Steregushchiy deployed, it is possible Kulakov could…
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New Russian cruise missile submarine fires Kalibr missile in the Barents Sea
Northern Fleet Yasen-M class K-562 Arkhangelsk conducted her Kalibr missile certification firing on 22 May paving the way for deployment during 2025
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Shadow Fleet posturing: Russian Navy assumes escort of tanker Sirtaki through the Gulf of Finland
Following the failed attempt to interdict tanker Jaguar, the Russian Navy has likely begun escorting crude oil tanker Sirtaki through the Gulf of…
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Russia's latest "Syria Express" convoy encounters problem in the Fehmarn Belt
MV Siyane Severa, travelling as part of an escorted convoy, suffered a probable engineering defect and loitered for twelve hours in the Fehmarn Belt
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April 2025

Russian submarine may replenish fuel in the Algerian littoral, 26 April 2025
Kilo B-265 Krasnodar arrived in the Tofino Bank and may conduct RAS tanker Kola. This would be at least the second such RAS as Russia finds ways to…
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Russia to strengthen mine warfare capability in the Arctic, late 2025
New Alexandrit class mine countermeasures vessels “Afanasiy Ivannikov” and “Polyarny” are scheduled to join the Russian Navy Northern Fleet late 2025.
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A Russian Navy exercise in the Baltic Sea could mask asymmetric activity
As NATO enters the Easter break, a large-scale Russian Navy merchant ship protection exercise which began today could be the perfect cover for…
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Russian Navy research vessel arrives in Venezuela
Russian Navy OIS Admiral Vladimirskiy arrived in La Guaira having completed an initial hydrographic survey tasking period in the North Atlantic Ocean…
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