Photo: Eastern Military District
Two units Pacific Fleet (PF) under the command of Rear-Admirals and Vladimir Vadim Kulitya Vdovenko welcoming ceremony held in the South China Sea.
Ninth Pacific Fleet detachment, following the Indian Ocean to the tasks of military service, and met with the eighth detachment of Pacific, which, after completion of anti-piracy watch in the Gulf of Aden, is heading to his native shores.
The command of the two groups held a meeting, during which he exchanged the necessary operational information and sailors crews got a breather.
After the meeting, the crews of ships greeted each other on a collision course, then the ninth Pacific Fleet detachment began to force the Straits of Malacca, which is the gateway to the Indian Ocean.
During his visit to Malaysia, the eighth squad sailors visited the island of Penang, which commemorates the Russian sailors from the cruiser «Pearl» who died in the First World War. During the memorial ceremony, the Russian delegation laid wreaths and flowers to the monument at the grave of heroes.
Eighth detachment of Pacific Fleet in the course of combat service and in international activities has made a port call in Mumbai, where he held a joint Russian-Indian exercise «Indra-2012» in order to re-supply was in the Iranian port of Bandar-e-Abbas.
In February 2013 BOD «Marshal Shaposhnikov» visited the Republic of Seychelles and for the first time in Russian history, went on a business trip to the port of Dar es Salaam, United Republic of Tanzania, where he held a show of anti-piracy doctrine for Tanzanian counterparts.
To demonstrate Andrew flag from 26 to 30 March the Russian ships went on a visit to the Malay island of Langkawi, where they took part in the international exhibition of equipment and weapons, «Lima-2013.» The last point of call Pacific Fleet from 14 to 18 April, will be the South Korean port of Busan.