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[[File:Naval flotilla, INDRA exercises (2007).jpg|thumb|350x350px|Naval flotilla during INDRA 2007]] | [[File:Naval flotilla, INDRA exercises (2007).jpg|thumb|350x350px|Naval flotilla during INDRA 2007]] | ||
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The [[Cold War (1985–1991)|end of the Cold War]] which brought greatly reduced defense budgets saw a [[Russian Navy#Modern Russian Navy|collapse in ship building and naval activity]] in Russia throughout the 1990s. During this time, the [[Russian Navy|Russian navy]] had no presence in the [[Indian Ocean]]. This changed in 2001, when a contingent of naval ships, including [[anti-submarine warfare]] vessels and a tanker docked at Mumbai.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ipcs.org/whatsNewArticle11.jsp?action=showView&kValue=1867&status=article&mod=b|title=IPCS - Institute Of Peace & Conflict Studies|website=www.ipcs.org}}</ref> In April 2003, nine warships of the Russian navy departed from their bases at [[Sevastopol#Russian naval base and ownership dispute|Sevastopol]] in the [[Black Sea]] and [[Vladivostok]] for the Indian Ocean. These units engaged in a number of exercises with the [[Indian Navy|Indian navy]]. Russian Defence Minister Sergei Ivanov proposed joint naval exercises to be held later that year. | The [[Cold War (1985–1991)|end of the Cold War]] which brought greatly reduced defense budgets saw a [[Russian Navy#Modern Russian Navy|collapse in ship building and naval activity]] in Russia throughout the 1990s. During this time, the [[Russian Navy|Russian navy]] had no presence in the [[Indian Ocean]]. This changed in 2001, when a contingent of naval ships, including [[anti-submarine warfare]] vessels and a tanker docked at Mumbai.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ipcs.org/whatsNewArticle11.jsp?action=showView&kValue=1867&status=article&mod=b|title=IPCS - Institute Of Peace & Conflict Studies|website=www.ipcs.org}}</ref> In April 2003, nine warships of the Russian navy departed from their bases at [[Sevastopol#Russian naval base and ownership dispute|Sevastopol]] in the [[Black Sea]] and [[Vladivostok]] for the Indian Ocean. These units engaged in a number of exercises with the [[Indian Navy|Indian navy]]. Russian Defence Minister Sergei Ivanov proposed joint naval exercises to be held later that year. | ||
The | The 12th edition took place in the [[Volgograd, Russia]] in August 2021. | ||
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