SEVERODVINSK /Arkhangelsk Region/, December 11. /TASS/. Russian President Vladimir Putin has said that Russia can feel safe thanks to its Navy, weapons and sailors. He left a corresponding note in the ship's logbook after inspecting The Admiral Kasatonov frigate in Severodvinsk.

"With such sailors, ships and weapons Russia will feel safe," Putin wrote down and then read out his note aloud.

Before inspecting the frigate, Putin took part in a flag-raising ceremony on the submarines Emperor Alexander III and Krasnoyarsk.

Admiral Kasatonov frigate

The first serial frigate of Project 22350, The Admiral Kasatonov, was built at the Severnaya Verf shipyard in St. Petersburg. Its keel-laying ceremony was held in 2010. The ship was launched in 2014. In March 2023, the frigate's crew completed a long-range voyage lasting more than 420 days, during which it performed tasks as part of the Russian Navy's group in the Mediterranean Sea and solved strategic deterrence tasks.