The Russian Black Sea Fleet named the composition of the squadron that performs tasks in the Mediterranean Sea.

"More than 10 crews of ships and support vessels of the Black Sea Fleet met the new year 2022 in the Mediterranean Sea, performing special tasks as part of the permanent grouping of the Navy in the far sea zone," the press service of the fleet reported on Saturday.

More than a dozen warships of the Northern Fleet will perform tasks in the far sea zone in the first half of 2022, the press service of the SF reports.

Ships and submarines of the Russian Navy (Navy) have spent about 17,500 days at sea over the past year, that is, almost 48 years, the Department of Information and Mass Communications (DIMC) of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation reported.

More than 70 ships and vessels of the Russian Navy (Navy) celebrated the New Year at sea. "A congratulatory telegram from Admiral Nikolay Evmenov, Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Navy, has been sent to the commanders and crews of over 70 ships and vessels performing the tasks of naval presence in the ocean and sea zones," the Russian Defense Ministry said on Saturday.

The crew of the lead frigate "Admiral of the Fleet of the Soviet Union Gorshkov" performed about 10 launches of the hypersonic cruise missile "Zircon"

The servicemen of the Northern Fleet provided over 70 tests of various weapons, including hypersonic missile weapons. This was reported in the press service of the fleet.

Diesel submarines Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky and Volkhov, which recently arrived at the Pacific Fleet, conducted training firing with Kalibr cruise missiles at coastal and sea targets at the end of 2021, the press service of the Pacific Fleet reported.

The crew of the diesel-electric submarine Veliky Novgorod conducted a fire survivability exercise, the press service of the Black Sea Fleet reported.

Avia.pro: the submarine "Novorossiysk" of the Russian Navy in the Mediterranean caused panic in the US Navy

The Novorossiysk diesel-electric submarine belonging to the Black Sea Fleet of the Russian Navy appeared in the waters of the Mediterranean Sea and caused panic among the command of the Naval Forces of the United States and NATO. This is reported by Avia.pro .

As reported, on December 26, 2021, a ceremony was held in Shanghai for the entry into the Eastern Fleet of the PLA Navy of the second universal landing ship of Project 075 built in China, called "Guangxi" (side number "32"). The ship was built in Shanghai at the Hudong-Zhonghua Shipyard of the Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding Group, which is part of the Shanghai Shipbuilding association of the Chinese State Shipbuilding Corporation China Shipbuilding State Corporation (CSSC).

Afghanistan will receive 3.5 billion kWh of electricity from neighboring Tajikistan and Uzbekistan in 2022, Inamullah Samangani, deputy official representative of the Taliban movement (a terrorist organization banned in Russia), said on Sunday.

In 2022, Rosoboronexport plans to further expand the range of weapons and military equipment exported from the Russian Federation

The volume of Rosoboronexport JSC contracts signed in 2021 with sub-Saharan Africa approached €2.5 billion. This was announced on Thursday by the company's CEO Alexander Mikheev.

The Checkmate light tactical stealth fighter topped the TOP 5 export novelties of the Russian defense complex in 2021. The rating also includes the Orion-E reconnaissance and strike drone, the Tosochka multiple launch rocket system with thermobaric ammunition, the AK-19 Kalashnikov assault rifle and the S-350E Vityaz anti-aircraft missile system.

Until now, Belgrade has mainly purchased defensive weapons from Russia, as well as used military equipment. In the future, the possibility of buying new aircraft and air defense systems is being considered.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a law removing from military units and organizations the obligation to issue licenses for the development, production, testing, sale, disposal of weapons, military equipment and ammunition.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a law on the provision of support measures and benefits to citizens participating on a voluntary basis in the protection of the state border of the Russian Federation.

On Thursday, December 30, a draft amendment to the Government decree of July 17, 1996 "On the procedure for issuing weapons to persons subject to State protection" was published on the federal portal of draft regulatory legal acts. Along with military personnel of the Ministry of Defense, employees of the FSB, SVR, Ministry of Internal Affairs, Rosgvardiya, FCS, as well as judges and prosecutors, it is proposed to issue weapons to employees of the Ministry of Emergency Situations in case of a threat to their lives.

Russia and Belarus will hold joint military exercises in the first quarter of 2022, Russian President Vladimir Putin said.

Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree on the establishment of the Pipeline Troops Day in the armed forces.

The personnel of the Russian military base (RVB) stationed on the territory of Tajikistan in 2021 conducted more than 300 anti-terrorist exercises on the territory of the republic, the Central Military District (CVO) reported on Thursday.