Russia to deliver 3 combat helicopters to Peru next week

Russia to deliver 3 combat helicopters to Peru next week

The Peruvian Air Force will receive next week three Russian combat helicopters intended for military operations against drugs trafficking and terrorism in the South American country, Peru's defense minister said.

Last July, the Peruvian Defense Ministry and Russian state-controlled arms exporter Rosoboronexport signed a contract for the sale of six Mi-171Sh Hip transport and two Mi-35P Hind E attack helicopters to the South American country. The deal is estimated at $107.9 million.

"Three Russian c helicopters will be delivered to Peru on May 9 and 10 and then sent to fight illegal drugs trafficking in the Valley of the Apurimac and Ene River," Defense Minister Jaime Thorne said.

The minister added that Peru "hopes to fulfill the contract with Russia by the end of the year and receive the remaining three helicopters."

Last month Russia delivered to Peru two Mi-35P Hind E attack helicopters.

Peru is one of South America's main cocaine producers along with Bolivia and Columbia. The Valley of the Apurimac and Ene River was declared a zone of military operations in August 2009 as fighting between the government troops and the Shining Path Maoist guerilla group intensified.

Shining Path is believed to have strong ties with drug traffickers. The group is on the U.S. and EU lists of terrorist organizations.

MEXICO, May 3 (RIA Novosti)

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The mission is sponsored by the Russian Geographical Society under the same program as is performed by Pavel Gordiyenko research vessel currently on a mission in the Pacific.

Specialists from the Nadezhda vessel will check radiation background levels in air, water and in sea fauna at various areas of the Sea of Japan. The results, along with data from the Pavel Gordiyenko ship, will help get a clearer picture of the radiation situation after the Fukushima accident.

Nadezhda will return home in late May and then sail out for a training voyage to the settlement of Plastun in the Primorsky territory. Later on, the vessel will be repaired and upgraded as part of the program of preparations for the Pacific voyage timed to coincide with the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in 2012.

A comprehensive expedition of the Russian Geographical Society on board the research vessel Pavel Gordiyenko began on April 22. The vessel sailed off from Vladivostok to study the radiation situation near the shores of Russia's Far East. The ship will sail through the strait between the Japanese islands of Honshu and Hokkaido, along the Kuril Islands and to Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky. Measurements of the radiation background will be made along the way and meteorological data will be gathered.

Nadezhda, a three-mast sailing ship, was built at the Gdansk shipyards in 1991 to the design of sailing vessels of the early 20th century. It is a training vessels for students of nautical universities in the Russian Far East.

Nadezhda’s nautical biography contains dozens of expeditions and cruises to various regions of the World Ocean. In 2003, the ship sailed off Vladivostok to carry out global cruise devoted to 200th anniversary of the first Russian around-the-world cruise performed by Ivan Kruzenshtern and Yury Lisiansky on sloops Nadezhda and Neva. Through 14 months of the cruise the ship covered about 45,000 nautical miles and visited 30 ports of 20 countries.

Nadezhda is a multiple winner and awardee of international regattas.

Russia to appoint new team of Mistral deal negotiators

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12:32 03/05/2011

MOSCOW, May 3 (RIA Novosti) - The Russian Defense Ministry will appoint a new team of negotiators to a possible $1.5 billion deal to buy Mistral-class helicopter carriers from France, a ministry source told RIA Novosti on Tuesday.

Under the deal, Russia and France will co-build two Mistral-class helicopter carriers at France's shipbuilding yard at Saint Nazaire, while another two Mistrals will be built in Russia's St. Petersburg.

"New representatives will take part in the next round of Russian-French Mistral talks," the source said. "At the moment, they are receiving the necessary documentation on the contract."

Two key negotiators - former senior Navy official Nikolai Borisov and first deputy defense minister, Vladimir Popovkin - were relieved of their duties in late April. Borisov was reportedly dismissed for "internal reasons," while Popovkin is to head Russia's federal space agency, Roskosmos.

The source was unable to disclose who would sit on the new team. The contract came close to collapse last year over how much technology France was prepared to share with Russia, but the issue was ironed out at negotiations in January.

"The replacement of the negotiation team is just a technicality," the defense ministry source said. "The negotiation process has made great progress, and the sides are well aware of each other's stance. The question now is whether France will sell Russia ships with all systems and equipment."

Mistral-class amphibious assault ships are capable of carrying up to 16 helicopters, four landing craft and 450 personnel.

Russian naval ships to visit Singapore, Indonesia

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May 3, 2011 06:52 Moscow Time

An anti-submarine ship and a rescue tugboat from Russia’s Pacific Fleet are heading for Singapore and Indonesia.

The Admiral Panteleyev and Fotii Krylov are scheduled to reach their first destination on May 16 to take part in IMDEX-2011 international arms show.

On May 20 the two ships will head for the Indonesian port of Macasar for participation in a joint anti-piracy drill with the Indonesian Navy.

May 03, 2011 15:29 PM

Russian Ships Sail Off For Visits To Singapore And Indonesia

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VLADIVOSTOK, May 3 (Bernama) -- A detachment of Russian Pacific Fleet ships on Monday sailed off the Russian Far Eastern port of Vladivostok for visits to Singapore and Indonesia.

Among the ships are the Admiral Panteleyev destroyer and the Fotiy Krylov rescue tug, a spokesman for the Pacific Fleet told the Russian news agency Itar-Tass.

The ships will reach Singapore on May 16, and will take part in the international maritime defence exhibition IMDEX-2011.

In 2009 the Varyag missile cruiser called at the Singapore port for a similar mission," the spokesman said.

The Russian ships will stay in Singapore till May 20 and later will set a course for Indonesia to pay informal visit to Makassar port on May 25-27. Russian and Indonesian mariners will hold scheduled joined anti-piracy drills.

Recall that the crew of Admiral Anteleyev was protecting commercial shipping in the Gulf of Aden from April 27 till June 7, 2009.

During a patrol off Somalia, its crew detained a group of 29 pirates with small arms, boarding ladders, navigation equipment, and large number of fired cases. Pirates were handed over to Iranian and Pakistani authorities then.

-- BERNAMA

05/03 12:28   Sukhoi conducts first flight of Su-35S fighter jet

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