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Russian warships leave Tripoli · 2008-10-13 17:43
A naval task force from Russia’s Northern Fleet, led by the nuclear-powered missile cruiser Pyotr Veliky, is leaving the Libyan capital, Tripoli.
"The Russian warships are concluding a three-day visit to Tripoli. Having replenished fuel, water and food supplies…the ships will continue training in the Mediterranean," a Navy spokesman said.
The task force, comprising the nuclear-powered missile cruiser Pyotr Velikiy (Peter the Great), the large ASW ship Admiral Chabanenko, and support ships, left a naval base in northern Russia on September 22, and arrived in Tripoli last Saturday.
It was later joined in the Mediterranean by the Neustrashimy (Fearless) missile frigate from Russia’s Baltic Fleet.
After training at sea and some more visits to other foreign ports, the Russian Northern Fleet warships will head for the Caribbean to hold exercises in November with Venezuela’s navy.
The Neustrashimy will go separately to Somalia, where it will ensure the safety of Russian vessels passing through the area against pirate attacks. More than 30 incidents of piracy were registered in the region in 2007, more than 30 attacks have been committed so far this year off the coast of the east African nation, RIA Novosti informs.
Last week, Somali Ambassador to Russia Mohamed Handule said his country’s president, Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed, had authorized Russia’s military to fight pirates both off Somalia’s coast and on land.
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