Russian Warships take part in anti-piracy operation At Gulf Of Aden

Anti-submarine  destroyer ship  Admiral Tributs Russian navy, dispatched from its base in Vladivostok, Russia's East Far, toward the Gulf of Aden on Saturday (12/10/2011). According to a spokesman for the Russian Navy Pacific Fleet, the ship will follow an sea waters anti piracy joint operation . 

Ship Admiral Tributs is Udaloy-class destroyers that are part of the Russian Pacific Fleet. The ship left its base in Vladivostok, accompanied by a tanker and a tugboat Pechenega rescue, around 11:00 local time.

The boat is equipped with two helicopters it will replace the Admiral Panteleyev ship task which had already been located in the Gulf of Aden. Admiral Tributs itself has been tasked with a similar mission in 2009.

Russia plays an active role in this anti piracy sea operation since 2008, and the ships of war are no less than 120 escorting merchant ships passing through pirate-prone waters off the coast of Somalia.

The movements of Russian Navy ships are very busy lately. In addition to Admiral Tributs trip to the Gulf of Aden, no fewer than nine other warships of the Black Sea Fleet, Baltic Fleet, and the Russian Northern Fleet is moving toward the Mediterranean Sea. They were officially mentioned will undergo routine winter exercises, but no indication of this convoy of warships will for Syria, an ally of Russia is currently in the international pressure. source

Admiral Tributs,  Anti Submarine Destroyer