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Russian warships enter Shanghai’s port for joint naval drills with China

Both sides participating in the drills, which enter the active phase on May 22-25, have immediately begun preparation work on coordination of joint actions
Varyag missile cruiser EPA/YONHAP
Varyag missile cruiser
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MOSCOW, May 19. /ITAR-TASS/. Six warships from Russia's Pacific Fleet, led by a missile cruiser, the Varyag, entered on Monday Shanghai’s port of Wusong ahead of the joint naval drills with China, code-named Joint Sea 2014 and running on May 20-26 in the northern waters of the East China Sea, a spokesperson for the Russian Defense Ministry said.