Russian Navy exercise off the Syrian coast

Russian Navy will conduct military maneuvers off the coast of Syria in preparation for inter-fleet exercises planned end of January in the Black Sea and the Mediterranean, reported Friday the Russian Ministry of Defence.

"Led by the cruiser Moskva , a tactical group of the Russian Fleet in the Black Sea will conduct military maneuvers in the eastern part of the Mediterranean, "the source said.

It was earlier announced that naval exercises involving all Russian fleets - the Black Sea, North Pacific and Baltic - would be held in late January in the basin of the Mediterranean and Black Sea.


According to the military department of the country, it will be the largest Russian exercises in the Mediterranean.