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Information presented in the General Overview is considered public, something that would be found on a wikipedia article. Note, however, that exact troop numbers will not be accurate to the overall troop numbers as found in the Armed Forces databases; such information, located in other sections, is highly classified at LEVEL 6 "Сварог" and LEVEL 7 "Чернобог". Exceptions will be listed with a |DECLASSIFIED| statement.
| Военно-морские силы Naval Forces of the Russian Federation | 
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| Motto | С нами Бог и Андреевский флаг (S nami Bog i Andreyevskiy flag) God and St. Andrew's flag are with us |
| Patron Saint | Saint Andrew the Apostle |
Headquarters | Admiralty Building, Admiralteyskiy Prospekt, Аdmiralteysky District, Saint Petersburg |
Военно-морские силы Главкомат Naval Forces Main Command | Commander-in-Chief:
First Deputy Commander-in-Chief: 
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The Russian Naval Forces, formally referred to as the Military-Maritime Forces (Russian: Военно-морские силы [ВМС], romanized: Voyenno-morskiye sily [VMS]) is the naval arm of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation; it is also referred to more as the Russian Navy. It has existed in various forms since 1696, the present iteration of which was formed in January 1992 when it succeeded the Soviet Union's Navy (which had itself succeeded the Imperial Russian Navy in 1918). The first iteration of the Russian Navy was established by Peter the Great (Peter I) in October 1696. Ascribed to him is the oft-quoted statement: "A ruler that has but an army has one hand, but he who has a navy has both." The symbols of the Sovereign Union's Navy, the St. Andrew's ensign, and most of its traditions were established personally by Peter I.
The Russian Navy possesses the vast majority of the former Soviet naval forces and currently comprises the Northern, Pacific, Baltic, and Black Sea Fleets, the Caspian Sea Flotilla, 5th Operational Squadron in the Mediterranean Sea, Naval Aviation — which is jointly commanded with the Aerospace Forces — and the Coastal Troops — consisting of the Naval Infantry and the Coastal Missile and Artillery Troops. The Soyuznik Navy suffered severely in the early 90s due to insufficient maintenance, lack of funding, and subsequent effects on the training of personnel and timely replacement of equipment. Another setback is attributed to Russia's domestic shipbuilding industry, which is reported to have been in decline as to their capabilities of constructing contemporary hardware efficiently. Some analysts even say that because of this, Russia’s naval capabilities have been facing a slow but certain "irreversible collapse", though this is far from the case. In 2002, Russia started a new renaissance made possible by additional funding taken from the disbanded Strategic Rocket Forces.
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Naval Warfare Officers/Seamen 35,038 | Coastal Troops & Marines 15,000 | 
Navy Spetsnaz Frogmen 450 |
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6 | 
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3 | 
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7 |
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4 | 
3 | 
Alligator-class Landing Ship 3 | |
4 | 
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Vishnya-class Intelligence Ship 4 |
Naval Aviation Officers/Air Arm |
Naval Aviation Support Staff |
48 | 
Ka-27PL 250 | 
250 |
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