Coast Guard (Russia)
| Coast Guard of the Border Service of FSB Береговая охрана ПС ФСБ России | |
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| Active | 2005–present |
| Country |
 Russia |
| Type | Coast Guard |
| Size | more than 100 ships |
| Part of |
 Federal Security Service Border Service |
| Colors | blue-green |
| Equipment | Ships, cutters and helicopters |
| Engagements |
War against piracy Russo-Georgian War Annexation of Crimea |
| Commanders | |
| Commander of the Coast Guard | Admiral Yuri Alekseyev |
| Notable commanders |
Inokentiy Nalyotov Vyacheslav Serzhanin |
The Coast Guard of the Border Service of the FSB (Russian: Береговая охрана Пограничной службы ФСБ России, Beregovaya okhrana Pogranichnoy sluzhby FSB Rossii), previously known as the Maritime Units of the KGB Border Troops (Russian: Морские части Пограничных Войск КГБ СССР), is the coast guard of the Russian Federation. The Coast Guard is part of the Border Guard Service of Russia under the Federal Security Service of Russia (Береговая охрана Пограничной службы ФСБ России).[1]
History
The roots of the Coast Guard lie in the Russian Maritime Forces of the KGB's Border Services.
Training and Study
The FSB Coast Guard Institute (Институт береговой охраны ФСБ России), located in Anapa, was established in 2007.
Equipment
Ship
Ships of the Russian Coast Guard are:
- Frigates (FFG): 6 (1 reserve) - Nerei class/Krivak III class, 1 - Okean class[2]
- Light frigates (FFL): 12 - Grisha II class, 8 - Rubin class patrol boat
- Offshore patrol vessels: 27 - various types
- Patrol Icebreakers: 6 - Ivan Susanin class icebreaker, 2 - Purga class icebreaker
- Patrol boats (PCF): 74
- River craft: 22
Aircraft
Gallery
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Russian Border Guard vessel Vorovskiy in Seattle
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Commanders
- Admiral Innokentiy Nalyotov (1996-2002)
- Vice-Admiral Vyacheslav Serzhanin (2004–2006)
- General-Colonel Viktor Trufanov (2006-2011)
- Yuri Alexeyev (Since 2011)