On July 31, the Russian Defence Minister General of the Army Sergei Shoigu took part in the celebration of the Russian Navy Day in Saint Petersburg, says press center of RF Defence Ministry.
Together with the Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Armed Forces Vladimir Putin, Commander of the Western MD troops Colonel General Andrei Kartapolov, Commander-in-Chief of the Navy Vladimir Kovalyov, and Acting Commander of the Baltic Fleet, General of the Army Sergei Shoigu visited Avrora, the legendary cruiser.
The head of the military department also participated in the naval parade held in Saint Petersburg. The military parade involved 16 warships, submarines and support vessels, including Admiral Essen newest frigate, Boiky new-generation corvette, Krasnodar diesel-electric submarine, Alezender Obukhov mine countermeasures ship.
Adventure, training sailing yacht, which had been presented by Great Britain to the Russian Navy and Saint Petersburg, Kazanets and Urengoi small-sized ASW small-sized ships, and Dimitrovgrad missile boat has also participated in the parade.