ASTRAKHAN. May 4 (Interfax) - The Caspian Flotilla will be provided with 16 new combat ships and missile carrying boats before 2020, Russian Navy Commander Vladimir Vysotsky said.
"The Caspian Flotilla will receive at least 16 new ships by 2020," Vysotsky said at a session of the Russian government's Maritime Board on Wednesday.
The missile carrying boats Tatarstan and Volgodonsk, as well as three assault ships, will join the flotilla this year, he said.