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FSB Border Guard Unit in West Russia Receives a Project 22460 Rubin-class Patrol Vessel.

17 Dec, 2016 9:46 | 2016

Naval Forces News - Russia

FSB Border Guard Unit in West Russia Receives a Project 22460 Rubin-class Patrol Vessel

A Border Service unit of the Federal Security Service (FSB) of the Russian Federation in the Kaliningrad Region in west Russia has received the Project 22460 patrol ship "Nadyozhny", the service’s press office said.

Project 22460 patrol vessel Russian Border Guard FSB

The new Rubin-class patrol vessel Nadyozhny. Picture by Vitaly Nevar / newkaliningrad.ru

"A welcoming ceremony was held at the inner harbor of the port of Baltiysk [in west Russia]," the press office said. The ship and its crew are ready to start protecting Russia’s maritime border, the press office added.

The Project 22460 patrol ship Nadyozhny was built by the Almaz Shipyard in St. Petersburg in northwest Russia.

In May-December 2016, the ship underwent shipbuilders’ sea and state trials. It will guard Russia’s maritime border in the Kaliningrad Region.

Russia’s state border is 648.3 kilometers (403 miles) long, with 170.5 kilometers (106 miles) protected by the Federal Security Service’s Border Guard units.

These units protect Russia’s maritime border in the Baltic Sea, the Kaliningrad Lagoon (also known as the Vistula Lagoon) and the Curonian Lagoon.

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