MANILA — Three ships from the Russian Pacific Fleet berthed in Manila on Monday for a five-day goodwill visit to the Philippines and to bolster naval cooperation with its Filipino counterparts. “The main objective (of this visit) is to enhance our naval cooperation,” Russian head of mission, Captain Sergey Alantiev told reporters in a press conference. […]
Russian to provide loan for PH submarine
Russia to provide ‘soft loan’ for PH submarine project
DAVAO CITY (August 11) — Russia is more than willing to provide soft loan for the Philippines to have its first-ever submarine, through “soft loans’ . Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana said Russia is offering to sell to the Philippines its Kilo-class diesel-electric submarines, which has surface displacement of 2,350 tons, a length of 73.8 meters and […]