The ships of the Caspian Flotilla are based here
Moscow. March 12. INTERFAX-Part of the water area of the Caspian Bay of the Caspian Sea has been granted to the Russian military department for 20 years for separate use to ensure the country's defense and state security.
The corresponding order signed by the Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Mikhail Mishustin was published on Friday on the official Internet portal of legal information.
According to the document, we are talking about a part of the Caspian Bay in the area of Kaspiysk(Dagestan).
Earlier, the Caspian Flotilla (Cfl) was relocated to Kaspiysk from Astrakhan.
The Cfl, along with the Black Sea Fleet of the Russian Federation, is the naval component of the Southern Military District. The flotilla ensures the national and state interests of Russia in the Caspian Sea region: it conducts anti-terrorist activities, protects trade, and protects state interests in the oil field zone.
The flotilla consists of several brigades and divisions of ships, parts of coastal troops. The flagship of the Cfl is the missile ship "Tatarstan". The flotilla includes ships equipped with Kalibr long-range cruise missiles (Novator Design Bureau, Almaz-Antey Concern of East Kazakhstan Region).