Coast Guard (Russia)

Russian Coast Guard Береговая охрана России
Active	2005–present
Country	Russia
Type	Coast Guard
Size	more than 100 ships
Part of	Federal Security Service of Russia
Colors	blue-green
Commanders
Commander of the Coast Guard	Colonel-General Yuri Alekseyev
Notable commanders	Vyacheslav Serzhanin

Russian Border Guard (coast guard) vessel #183

Russian Border Guard (coast guard) vessel #146, belonging to the Amur Flotilla

Russian Border Guard (coast guard) vessel #028

The Russian Federation Coast Guard (Russian: Береговая охрана Российской Федерации, Beregovaya okhrana Rossiyskoy Federatsii), previously known as the Maritime Units of the Soviet KGB's Border Troops (Russian: 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.

Equipment

Ship

Ships of the Russian Coast Guard are:

Soviet KGB Border Troops Nerei class-frigate Imeni 70-Letiya Pogranichnykh Voisk (renamed Anadyr in Russian Coast Guard service) in 1988. KGB ensign is risen.

• 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)

See also

• Greenpeace Arctic Sunrise ship case