Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Navy Admiral Nikolay Evmenov MOSCOW, Apr 16 Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Navy Admiral Nikolay Evmenov met with the crew of the sunken flagship of the Russian Black Sea Fleet, the cruiser Moskva, the Defense Ministry said. in the Telegram channel of the department. The Ministry of Defense noted that the traditions of the guards missile cruiser «Moskva» will be «carefully preserved and continued, as it has always been accepted in the Navy.» «Personnel of military service in accordance with the law since May until July, the month will be fired and will leave with military registration, «Yevmenov added in a video published by the Zvezda TV channel. On Thursday evening, the Ministry of Defense announced that the Moskva cruiser, which had previously caught fire due to the detonation of combat apasa, sank in a storm while being towed to the port of destination. The crew was evacuated to ships of the Black Sea Fleet in the same area. The Moskva cruiser is the lead ship of Project 1164 Atlant. It was built in 1982 at the plant named after 61 Communards in Nikolaev under the name «Slava». After the decommissioning of the project 1123 anti-submarine cruiser Moskva, he inherited his name and became the flagship of the Black Sea Fleet. The ship's displacement was 11,490 tons, length 186 meters, speed 32 knots, autonomy 30 days, crew 500 people. It was armed with 16 Vulkan cruise missile launchers, an AK-130 artillery system, 533 mm torpedoes, a Fort air defense system, and a Ka-27 helicopter. jpg» />Guards missile cruiser «Moskva»
