KAZAN. July 24 (Interfax-AVN) - The Ak Bars shipyard in Tatarstan is building 17 various ships and vessels under a government contract, the company's press service stated on Friday.
"There are 17 ships and vessels of varying projects and purposes in various stages of completion at the Ak Bars Group facilities, which are due to join and reinforce the Russian Navy later," the statement reads.
The Ak Bars is also planning to deliver two ships to the Defense Ministry by the end of this year: the Project 21631 small missile ship Graivoron armed with Kalibr missiles and the Project 22160 Pavel Derzhavin patrol ship.
It was reported that Graivoron and Pavel Derzhavin had been built for the Black Sea Fleet and were now being tested before handover to the Navy.