MOSCOW, March 14 (RIA Novosti) - Russia's new defense minister attended the Navy's headquarters and praised the Navy for good conduct in 2006, the ministry's press service said Wednesday.
Anatoly Serdyukov said the Navy is facing the important tasks of preventing sea threats and increasing the combat potential of battleships and naval units, the press service said.
It also said in 2006 Russian ships were involved in multinational and bilateral exercises.
"Last year's the Russian navy as part of its naval duty carried out over 30 cruises," the press service said.
