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20:47, 30-Jul-2017
Russia holds naval parade to celebrate Navy Day
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During Russia's annual Navy Day parade on Sunday, Russian President Vladimir Putin oversaw a display of naval might as the Kremlin paraded its sea power from the Baltic Sea to the shores of Syria.
Some 50 warships and submarines were on show along the Neva River and in the Gulf of Finland off the country's city of St Petersburg after Putin ordered the navy to hold its first ever parade on such a grand scale.
Putin told navy servicemen that much is being done to develop and modernize Russia's navy, as it responds to new challenges and continues to fight against international terrorism and piracy.
Smaller naval parades were also taking place in Russia's European enclave Kaliningrad on the Baltic Sea to the annexed Black Sea peninsula of Crimea and Vladivostok in the far-east. For the first time, Moscow also showed off its naval hardware at its Syrian base of Tartus in the eastern Mediterranean.
(Source: AFP) (AP Video)