Russian ships sail off for visits to Singapore and Indonesia

VLADIVOSTOK, May 3 (Itar-Tass) -- A detachment of Russian Pacific
Fleet ships on Monday sailed off the Russian Far Eastern port of
Vladivostok for visits to Singapore and Indonesia.
Among the ships are the Admiral Panteleyev destroyer and the Fotiy
Krylov rescue tug, a spokesman for the Pacific Fleet told Itar-Tass.
The ships will reach Singapore on May 16. Here, they will take part in
the international maritime defence exhibition IMDEX-2011.
"Russian ships have taken part in such exhibitions more than once.
Thus, in 2009 the Varyag missile cruiser called at the Singapore port for
a similar mission," the spokesman said.
The Russian ships will stay in Singapore till May 20 and later will
set a course for Indonesia to pay informal visit to Makassar port on May
25-27. Russian and Indonesian mariners will hold scheduled joined
anti-piracy drills.
Recall that the crew of Admiral Anteleyev was protecting commercial
shipping in the Gulf of Aden from April 27 till June 7, 2009. During a
patrol off Somalia, its crew detained a group of 29 pirates with small
arms, boarding ladders, navigation equipment, and large number of fired
cases. Pirates were handed over to Iranian and Pakistani authorities then.