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Russian Pacific Fleet: Conventional submarine "Magadan" has moved to Vladivostok

Russian Pacific Fleet: Conventional submarine "Magadan" has moved to Vladivostok

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After taking part in the Russian Navy Day celebrations in Saint Petersburg at the end of July, the new submarine "Magadan" (B-602) of the modified Kilo II class (project 636.3) was allowed to embark on a transfer voyage lasting several months. The submarine, which entered service on 12 October 2021, was accompanied by the ocean-going tug "Viktor Konetskiy" on the 9,000 nautical mile journey to Vladivostok. On 9 October 2022, both reached the North Pacific home base of the "Magadan" on the Sea of Japan. Construction series for the Pacific Fleet The "Magadan" is the third of six submarines from the second batch ordered for the Russian Pacific Fleet at the Admiralty Shipyard in St. Petersburg...

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Emphasising secondary tasks

Emphasising secondary tasks

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The Bundeswehr has ended its participation in Operation Atalanta. What has been achieved, learnt and changed? At the end of 30 April, after around 14 years, German military participation in the European Union's first maritime operation came to an end: the European Union Naval Force Somalia Operation Atalanta. On the basis of a United Nations Security Council resolution and a decision by the Council of the European Union, the German Bundestag approved German military participation in Atalanta on 19 December 2008, and only three days later a warship, the frigate Karlsruhe, took part. The rapid increase in the number of pirate attacks in a very short space of time...

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Bulgarian special services investigate lorry explosion on Crimean bridge

Bulgarian special services investigate lorry explosion on Crimean bridge

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The Bulgarian counterintelligence service DANS (State Agency for National Security) in Sofia is investigating Russian allegations that the lorry blown up on the Crimean bridge came from that country. The previous Sunday, the head of the Russian investigative committee, Alexander Bastrykin, announced at a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin that the route of the lorry had started in Bulgaria and then passed through Georgia, Armenia, North Ossetia and the Krasnodar region. The Bulgarian investigation began immediately after the Kremlin published this information on the instructions of acting Prime Minister Galab Donev. The Bulgarian public prosecutor's office has also been informed. The spokesman...

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Sweden rejects Russian demand for transparency

Sweden rejects Russian demand for transparency

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Acting Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson on Monday rejected Russia's demands for transparency in the Swedish investigation into the gas leaks in the Baltic Sea last week. Russia had sent a letter to the Swedish government asking it to investigate the gas leak. This came after Sweden rejected Russia's repeated demands for more transparency. "In Sweden, investigations are confidential," Andersson said at a press conference on board a Swedish coastguard vessel in Karlskrona, southern Sweden. She added that in her country, investigations are confidential. According to Andersson, the Swedish authorities have no information that Russia is investigating the area.

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Federal Public Prosecutor General has begun investigations

Federal Public Prosecutor General has begun investigations

Gepostet von | 13 Oct 2022 | , , | 0

The German Federal Public Prosecutor General has opened an investigation into alleged "anti-constitutional sabotage" following reports of leaks from the Nord Stream 1 and 2 pipelines, which are widely attributed to Russia. The spokesperson for the public prosecutor's office announced on Monday that an investigation had been launched against persons unknown. The Federal Public Prosecutor General only gets involved in special cases. In this case, it is a matter that is "likely to jeopardise Germany's internal and external security" and represents a "serious attack on the energy supply", the spokesperson continued. However, final results are not expected in the near future. Meanwhile, special forces...

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