Coast Guard (Russia)



The Russian Federation Coast Guard (Береговая охрана Российской Федерации, Beregovaya okhrana Rossiyskoy Federatsii), previously known as the Maritime Units of the Soviet KGB's Border Troops (Морские части Пограничных Войск КГБ СССР), is the coast guard of Russia, part of the Border Guard Service of Russia under the Federal Security Service of Russia (Береговая охрана Пограничной службы ФСБ России),.

Training and Study
The FSB Coast Guard Institute (Институт береговой охраны ФСБ России), located in Anapa, was established in 2007.

Ship
Ships of the Russian Coast Guard are:
 * Frigates (FFG): 6 (1 reserve) - Nerei class/Krivak III class
 * Light frigates (FFL): 12 - Grisha II class, 3( + 1 launched ) Rubin class patrol boat
 * Offshore patrol vessels: 27 - various types
 * Patrol Icebreakers: 6 - Ivan Susanin class icebreaker, 1 - "ПС-581" Purga class icebreaker ( +1 launched )
 * Patrol boats (PCF): 74
 * River craft: 22

Aircraft

 * Antonov An-26
 * Ilyushin Il-76
 * Mil Mi-8

Commanders

 * Admiral Innokentiy Nalyotov (1996-2002)
 * Vice-Admiral Vyacheslav Serzhanin (2004–2006)
 * General-Colonel Viktor Trufanov (2006-2011)
 * Yuri Alexeyev (Since 2011)