Coast Guard (Russia)
Russian Coast Guard Береговая охрана Пограничной службы ФСБ России | |
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Active | 2005–present |
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Type | Coast Guard |
Size | more than 100 ships |
Part of | Federal Security Service of Russia |
Colors | blue-green |
Commanders | |
Commander of the Coast Guard | Admiral Yuri Alekseyev |
Notable commanders | Vyacheslav Serzhanin |
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Russian Border Guard (coast guard) vessel #183
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Russian Border Guard (coast guard) vessel #146, belonging to the Amur Flotilla
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Russian Border Guard (coast guard) vessel #028
The Coast Guard of the Border Service of the FSB (Russian: Береговая охрана Пограничной службы ФСБ России, Beregovaya okhrana Pogranichnoy sluzhby FSB Rossii), previously known as the Maritime Units of the Soviet KGB's Border Troops (Russian: Морские части Пограничных Войск КГБ СССР), is the coast guard of Russia, part of the Border Guard Service of Russia under the Federal Security Service of Russia (Береговая охрана Пограничной службы ФСБ России).[1]
Training and Study
The FSB Coast Guard Institute (Институт береговой охраны ФСБ России), located in Anapa, was established in 2007.
Equipment
Ship
Ships of the Russian Coast Guard are:
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Soviet KGB Border Troops Nerei class-frigate Imeni 70-Letiya Pogranichnykh Voisk (renamed Anadyr in Russian Coast Guard service) in 1988. KGB ensign is risen.
- Frigates (FFG): 6 (1 reserve) - Nerei class/Krivak III class, 1 - Okean class[2]
- Light frigates (FFL): 12 - Grisha II class, 7 Rubin class patrol boat
- Offshore patrol vessels: 27 - various types
- Patrol Icebreakers: 6 - Ivan Susanin class icebreaker, 1 - "ПС-581" Purga class icebreaker ( +1 launched )
- Patrol boats (PCF): 74
- River craft: 22
Aircraft
Commanders
- Admiral Innokentiy Nalyotov (1996-2002)
- Vice-Admiral Vyacheslav Serzhanin (2004–2006)
- General-Colonel Viktor Trufanov (2006-2011)
- Yuri Alexeyev (Since 2011)