Coast Guard (Russia)

Russian Coast Guard Береговая охрана Пограничной службы ФСБ России
Active	2005–present
Country	Russia
Type	Coast Guard
Size	more than 100 ships
Part of	Federal Security Service of Russia Border Service of the Federal Security Service of Russia
Colors	blue-green
Commanders
Commander of the Coast Guard	Admiral Yuri Alekseyev
Notable commanders	Vyacheslav Serzhanin

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:

• 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, 2 - Purga class icebreaker
• Patrol boats (PCF): 74
• River craft: 22

Aircraft

• Antonov An-26
• Ilyushin Il-76
• Mil Mi-8

Gallery

Commanders

• Admiral Innokentiy Nalyotov (1996-2002)
• Vice-Admiral Vyacheslav Serzhanin (2004–2006)
• General-Colonel Viktor Trufanov (2006-2011)
• Yuri Alexeyev (Since 2011)

See also

• Greenpeace Arctic Sunrise ship case

References