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In the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, they argue: this was done "under pressure from the United States and NATO", since Admiral Kuznetsov is sent to the banks of Syria to participate in the Russian military operation. In the State Duma of the Russian Federation, the decision of the Spanish authorities criticized, but in the Russian embassy in Madrid, they called not to dramatize the situation. With a changed route of the ship, according to experts, it is possible to refuel in other places.

Yesterday, the court from the aircraft carrier of the Northern Fleet Navy, led by the cruiser "Admiral Kuznetsov", passed by La Mans, moved towards Gibraltar. Their route and tasks, according to the press secretary of the President of the Russian Federation, Dmitry Peskov, are located in "closed envelopes with the inscription" Top Secret "." Nevertheless, as previously spanish Foreign Ministry said, on October 28, the ships were to arrive at the port of Ceut (Anclave in North Africa). The corresponding permission is noted in Madrid, it was issued in September.

However, when the news about the soon arrival of ships in Ceuta fell into the press, criticism of NATO allies collapsed into Spain. The Secretary General of the Alliance Jens Stoleberg noticed that in other conditions it would not have had anything against the refueling of Russian ships, but now it is extremely concerned that "they can be used for attacks on Aleppo." Similar statements made politicians and military from the United Kingdom and the United States.

In Spain itself, louder than just against the coming of Russian ships in Seutu performed at the Left Republican Party of Catalonia. In their press service, "Kommersant" confirmed that members of the Spanish Congress of Deputies from this Party demanded from and. about. Foreign Minister José Manuel Garia Margalo and and. about. The Minister of Defense of Pedro Morenes explain why Russian ships participating in the Syrian operation are serviced on the territory of NATO. The interlocutor "Kommersant" said that the request was based on information published earlier by a number of foreign media. In particular, the American edition of The Huffington Post reported that on October 16, minor rocket ships "Green Dol" and "Serpukhov", as well as a towing ship Sat-36, were carried out on October 16. Deputies hope that ministers will soon come to hearings in parliamentary committees.

At first, the authorities were discouraged by what was happening. Since 2011, in the port of the enclave, according to the EL PAIS newspaper, more than 60 Russian courts. "Criteria for admission to Cute - environmental safety, city and its population," the SPAIN REPORT edition sources quoted in the port administration. But under the squall criticism, the Spanish Foreign Ministry announced yesterday that "revises the decision on the results of consultations." And by the middle of the day, El Pais, with reference to the impact studies, said: permission to refuel will be withdrawn, if it is confirmed that the ships are sent to Syria. Without waiting for the junction, the Russian authorities themselves refused this idea. "We confirm that the ships will not go to the port of Ceuts, because the route has changed," the Russian Embassy stated in Spain.

Press secretary of the Embassy of Vasily Noradze in a conversation with "Kommersant" urged not to dramatize the situation. "The coordination of such visits into the ports is the rutin process," he noted. "We send a request in advance, and when deciding is taken into account, the international law and the requirements of the host country are taken into account. Now this decision has been taken, in other cases there will be different."

The official representative of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, Igor Konashenkov, otherwise put accents: according to him, the Russian department provided for the opportunity "in coordination with the Spanish side of the business entry (in Seutu. "Kommersant") Separate ships or vessel of collateral from the ship group ". But no official requests from the Ministry of Defense, according to him, did not go to Madrid. At the same time, Mr. Konashenkov said:" Representatives of the Spanish leadership reported that due to pressure on them from the United States And NATO, the approach of Russian ships in the port of Ceuta is inexpedient. "In public, Spain did not do such statements.

In Spanish Made, yesterday did not answer the request to "Kommersant" whether the deterioration of relationships from the Russian Federation in Madrid is not afraid due to the latest decisions. At the same time, the State Duma said yesterday that confidence in Spain was undermined. "In the middle of the way, we are told that we changed my mind. This is some kind of standard," the deputy chairman of the Defense Committee, Alexander Sherin (LDPR), was indignant in conversation with Interfax.

In the European Union, news from Madrid was perceived with enthusiasm. "The EU clearly and unanimously condemns Russian systematic bombing of civilians in Aleppo - Russia extends the suffering of the Syrian people and prevents the problem to solve the problem," Ex-Prime Minister Belgium, the leader of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (Alde) stated "Kommersant Verkhofstadt.- So the Spanish government correctly made when Russia demanded that Russia has an explanation about the role "Admiral Kuznetsova" in the Syrian conflict. "According to the interlocutor" Kommersant ", in the end, the signal was sent to everyone:" None of the EU countries support the military who bomb peaceful citizens and destabilize the situation as a whole region. "

The director of the Center for Analysis of Strategies and Technologies (Cast) Ruslan Puhov did not see the tragedy in changing the route "Admiral Kuznetsov". "We can well read in Algeria or Malta. I put on Algeria, as Malta is a member of the EU and will experience the same problems as Spain," he said "Kommersant." At the same time, according to the expert, the upcoming arrival of the Admiral Kuznetsov group in Syria is unlikely to radically change the balance of power in the region, but will allow Russia to increase its international prestige. "The French use the aircraft carrier in that region, because they have no base, we have it," the expert noted. "The purpose of the campaign" Kuznetsova "is most likely training. The pilots of deck aircraft need to train, and Syria provides an opportunity to do it in combat. Conditions. The expert TsAST Andrei Frolov adds that the campaign "Kuznetsova" has both the "advertising component": "India reflects on whether the deck fighters MiG-29K / cube for future aircraft carriers, and the demonstration of their capabilities in Syria will help determine the faster."

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The story of the campaign "Admiral Kuznetsov" to the shores of Syria in the media and social networks became a thriller.

People who are very far from the navy and military theme in general, with enthusiasm worthy of better use, aroused whether the aviating cruiser should smoke and how much smoke, how many aircraft and helicopters are placed on his board and in his holds need him refueling, and so on. Let us leave alone frolic in social networks. Much more interesting to answer the question - what does the "Admiral Kuznetsov" do off the coast of Syria? Why is he there? I'm afraid that a simple answer - in order to fight, it's not to do.

To begin with, let's see what "Admiral Fleet of the Soviet Union of Kuznetsov", that is exactly what the full name of the air cruiser sounds.

The decision to build its aircraft carrier was adopted by the Soviet leadership on March 3, 1981. During the years of its existence, the first and only Soviet aviance cruiser changed his name several times. During the design period, the name of the cruiser sounded like the Soviet Union. The aviance cruiser was designed in Leningrad "Nevsky Design and Design Bureau" under the direction of Yu.d. Sergeeva. When bookmark, he was assigned the name of the capital then another Soviet Latvia "Riga".

Russian aircraft carrier "Admiral Kuznetsov"

The construction of the cruiser was completed at the Black Sea Shipbuilding Plant in the city of Nikolaev in December 1987. Then the cruiser was called "Leonid Brezhnev".

Later, during the test, the cruiser was called the capital of Georgia - "Tbilisi".

Finally, when commissioned, the cruiser was assigned the name of Admiral Fleet Nikolai Gerasimovich Kuznetsov, who headed the USSR Navy during the Great Patriotic War and in the post-war period. In 1993, the first serial bombers began to come for his air group, the very, which were struck by strikes yesterday for purposes in Syria.

Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation

Of course, the decision to have their own aircraft carrier was adopted by the Soviet leadership of no accident. In general, the fighting of the USSR with the United States was often portrayed as a bump of hippopotamus with Leviathan, land with sea. The USSR was perceived as the main continental power, and the USA is like the main marine. This was a deep enough meaning, because the United States first steps as a world power began with "Country Diplomacy". This name was the actions of the Americans during the suppression of the uprising of boxers in China, as well as the War with Spain for Cuba, Puerto Rico and the Philippines. The USSR, as the successor of the Russian Empire, was perceived exclusively as a continental, that is, land force. Thus, the solution of the Kremlin leadership on the construction of the first Soviet aircraft carrier can well be regarded as an attempt to play the enemy field.

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The cruiser "Admiral Kuznetsov" and the UKR "Admiral Grigorovich" are first involved in surgery in Syria

Play, it does not mean to win, for it is clear that one aircraft cruiser could not compile the competition to the United States aircraft carriers, which the United States was fifteen by that time. Yes, and the basis of the USSR Navy during the Cold War period was not at all surface ships, but nuclear submarines, with nuclear weapons on board. However, the political significance of this solution is understandable. In addition, the USSR had to appear tool for his "Country Diplomacy", if necessary, of course.

"Admiral Kuznetsov" was commissioned a few months before the end of the Soviet Union and the case was not introduced to the appointment. And today, the Russian aviance cruiser appeared in the Eastern Mediterranean.

Many military experts very skeptically reacted to this throw of the Russian aircraft carrier group - in the end, what's the point in the territory of the same Syria in the Russian Federation there is a terrestrial air base, where you can place how many aircraft. Meanwhile, there is a sense, only he is not military, but a military-political one.

To begin with, back to the nature of the war in Syria. On the one hand, of course, this is the religious war of our time within the framework of Islamic civilization. In addition, this war is the end of the Sayx-Pico colonial system that divided the Middle East in the distant twenties in the distant territory of the UK and France. However, the war in Syria can be called the war for the "Soviet legacy". Moreover, this is the first war for this inheritance in which the Russian Federation decided to intervene as the successor of the Soviet Union.

Indeed, almost all countries that were in the Soviet zone of influence, and among them were the countries of Eastern Europe, and Afghanistan, and Iraq, and Libya, were mildly reformatted without the direct participation of Moscow. Syria was the first country, which the Kremlin decided to defend to the end of almost all the means from him, including the military. Given this circumstance, it becomes clear by such a military-political step, as the emergence of the Russian Aviance Cruiser in the waters of the Eastern Mediterranean. In fact, this is another confirmation of the fact that Syria's Kremlin is the most red line for which he will not go away.

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The cruiser "Admiral Kuznetsov" and the UKR "Admiral Grigorovich" are first involved in surgery in Syria

The squadron in the Eastern Mediterranean, consisting of two strongest surface ships of the Russian fleet - the heavy rocket cruiser "Peter Great" and the heavy aircraft cruiser "Admiral Kuznetsov", with ship accompanies (large anti-sidelum ships "Severomorsk" and "Vice Admiral Kulakov" and three underwater Boats), this is not just a military action, this is an application for the status of a country that can build its construct in international politics.

So the Aviance cruiser "Admiral Kuznetsov" today has Syria offshore, which is not so illogical, as it seems to some military experts. On the guns of Louis XIV was the inscription "The Last Argument of Kings". In Syria, and therefore, in today's world politics, these arguments have long been told, and they say quite loud.

The aircraft carrier armor of the Northern Fleet led by a heavy atomic missile cruiser "Peter Great" (flagship of the ship group), the aircraft carrier "Admiral Kuznetsov" reached the shores of Norway. Already on February 9, the ships will return to the main database of the fleet - Severomorsk, completing the multi-month far trek to the shores of Syria. At home, on the shore, the crews are already waiting for a "fried piglet" - a symbol of successful combat task.
The trip of the Russian squadron made no less than noise than the anti-terrorist operation of Russian air-space forces in the region itself. The overall effect of presence in the region exceeded all expectations. Representatives of NATO representatives tirelessly followed the entire route. After all, for the first time since the USSR, Moscow collected a full-fledged aircraft carrier, able to apply massive aviation and missile strikes on sea and coastal targets. The ship's aircraft carrier of the Northern Fleet has advanced to the shores of Syria on October 15.

The passage of the aircraft carrier, a heavy atomic rocket cruiser, as well as the shipping ships "Severomorsk", "Vice-Admiral Kulakov" and auxiliary ships, as well as several submarines from north to south along the coast of Europe and then in the Mediterranean, caused close attention of the Navy in the region. On the reverse route the head of the Ministry of Defense of Great Britain, Michael Fallon, for some reason, called the Russian aircraft carrier "Shore ship" returning from Syria. What exactly I wanted to say the minister of this phrase is not entirely clear, because all four months of military service for the Russian aircraft carrier not only followed, but also the dozens of ships and aircraft of NATO and the United States were actively prevented.

Why? The answer is prosecated - fear. That is why we were refused to replenish material and technical reserves in Spain and Malta. Although it was agreed about this, probably a few months before the group's release in the campaign. Professor of the Academy of Military Sciences Vadim Kozulin believes that the main reason is that Russia's Navy during surgery in Syria showed what was previously considered unavailable. For example, a massive blow by Caliber's wake-up missiles from the water area of \u200b\u200bthe Caspian Sea for the targets of the terrorists of ISIL in 2.5 thousand kilometers from the launch site of missiles. And in front of the yield of Russian ships to the shores of Syria, the Northern Fleet indicatively conducted exercises, during which the Nuclear submarine of the project 949 "Antey" armed with supersonic anti-religious cruise missiles "Granites" or, as they are called in the West, ShipWreck ("shipwreck"), so It also significant destroyed several land goals on the New Earth archipelago.

We have these rockets call the "killers of aircraft carriers", as the entry of "granite" is guaranteed to turn any enemy aircraft carrier. Rocket flight range more than 700 km. It carries a half-distance combat part, which can be both ordinary, fuhas and nuclear. By the way, on the cruisers "Peter the Great" and "Admiral Kuznetsov" are 24 "granite", and on "Kuznetsov" - 12. Another 48 were on two submarines, accompanying the "Antey" squadron, unsuccessful search, which were actively engaged in NATO In the Mediterranean, but could not be traced.
The fact that the boats are there, literally "corrupted" in foreign specialized blogs, reporting the sharply increased activity of antiquidal aircraft of the R-8-A Poseidon, departing from the base of Siconella in Sicily. In a military sentence, "did not follow", "did not take support" means one thing - at least three months in the sight of Russian ships were not only ships, but also the numerous military bases of the Alliance, located in Italy, Turkey, in Malta and Cyprus. On them to the Word, almost all US Nuclear Potential in Europe is stored.
And this is all without taking into account the possibilities of the updated aircraft carrier of the Russian aircraft carrier, as part of which is not only heavy SU-33 fighters, but also the newest Russian MiG-29K / KUBU. One of the features of deck fighters is that before the ship's accession, they all passed the retrofitting of the SVP-24 specialized computing subsystem, allowing us to use conventional uncontrollable fugasic blanks with accuracy of managed weapons. The device developed by Ghefest and T is just a few blocks installed directly into the onboard equipment of the combat aircraft. Based on the position of the aircraft in space, its coordinates and flight parameters, as well as the target data, SVP calculates the optimal bomb relief trajectory. At the same time, the maximum deviation from the target does not exceed a few meters.
As SVP works, the NATOs perfectly demonstrated the front-line bombers Su-24M who became the main working horses of Russian air-space forces in Syria. Accuracy, with what our cars hit the goals were repeatedly demonstrated by the Ministry of Defense during the briefings of the initiated operation. But Su-33 and MiG-29kr / cube are capable of not only "throwing" uncontrollable blanks. Depending on the combat mission, the aircraft can carry from one to two anti-ferrous missiles X-35 and from two to four bombs of the family of the Cabra 500 and Cab-1500 with laser-television or corrected GPS / GLONASS heads, which guarantees him the jewelry defeat of any Sea or coastal target.
The combat use of deck aviation did not take place. The approach of our ships to the coast of Syria coincided with the peacekeeping initiative of the United States and Brussels on the introduction of a truce to exit refugees from the combat zones. Right? There is no answer to this question. But it can be said that with the arrival of the Russian aircraft carrier, the grouping of our forces in the region acquired the second airbase by Chminim. That is, we could double their efforts to destroy the terrorist groups of anti-government forces, which categorically did not suit the administration of the American president of Barack Obama and European leaders. However, "Admiral Kuznetsov" adequately completes the combat service. According to the commander of the Russian grouping of troops in Syria, Colonel General Andrei Kartapolov, the pilots of the Russian sea aviation during the operation performed 420 combat departures, 117 were committed at night. "Almost all flights passed in complex hydrometeorological conditions," he said. For our decks, this is a very large rack. So, we did the main thing - they taught pilots to use technique, which means that we can be sure that they will be able to take advantage of it in a combat atmosphere.

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