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Today, the Gorky Zelenodolsk Shipyard hosted a ceremony of launching the second serial 1st-rank border patrol ship of Project 22100 which was given the name of “Anadyr”.

The event was attended by representatives of the Border Guard of the Russian Federal Security Service, officials of the Zelenodolsk Municipality, top executives of the Ak Bars Holding Company, the Ak Bars Shipbuilding Corporation, as well as representatives of designer and contracting organisations.

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Industry and Trade of Tatarstan Albert Karimov delivered a welcoming speech on behalf of the Tatarstan Government: “I am sure that ‘Anadyr’ will serve well and reliably guard the borders of our country in the Far East”.

The border guard vessels (patrol boats) of the Okean project developed by the Almaz Central Maritime Design Bureau (St. Petersburg) are the first ships in the contemporary history of Russia designed entirely for the requirements of maritime border guards, are multifunctional, have high combat potential and are capable of participating in full-scale rescue operations. In terms of technical characteristics, they have no equals in the world.

On June 11, the Gorky Zelenodolsk Shipyard saw a ceremony of launching the eighth small rocket ship of Project 21631 (developed by the Zelenodolsk Design Office), which was given the name of “Ingushetia”. The ceremony was attended by Prime Minister of Tatarstan Aleksey Pesoshin, Head of Ingushetia Yunus-Bek Yevkurov, Tatarstan Minister of Industry and Trade Albert Karimov, representatives of the Russian Ministry of Defence, the Russian Navy, officials of the Zelenodolsk Municipality, heads of Ak Bars Holding Company, Ak Bars Shipbuilding Corporation, as well as representatives of designer and contracting organisations.

The small missile ships of Project 21631, being built at the shipyard since 2010 for the Russian Navy, are multi-purpose river-sea vessels equipped with the most advanced missile, artillery, anti-sabotage, AA, and radio-electronic weapons. The ships are dedicated to the protection and defence of national economic zones.

Seven ships of this project, the lead ship Grad Sviyazhsk and the follow-on ships Uglich, Velikiy Ustyug, Zelenyy Dol, Serpukhov, Vyshniy Volochek, and Orekhovo-Zuyevo are already assigned to the Russian Navy. Small rocket ship Zelenyy Dol was recognised as the best small missile ship in the Russian Navy by winning a prize of the Commander-in-Chief of the Navy in the missile firing and was also named as the best ship in the Black Sea Fleet.