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Changes in Northern Fleet command

Rear Admiral Andrey Volozhinsky (Photo Severnyflot.ru)

As Deputy Commander of the Northern Fleet becomes Commander of the Black Sea Fleet, several internal changes are taking place in the Northern Fleet’s commanding structures.

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After the Northern Fleet’s Chief of Staff Vice-Admiral Vladimir Korolev was appointed Commander of the Black Sea Fleet earlier this month, there have been some changes in the commanding structure at the fleet’s headquarters in Severomorsk, RIA Novosti reports.

Rear Admiral Andrey Volozhinsky is appointed new Chief of Staff and Deputy Commander of the Northern Fleet. Volozhinsky, 50 has many years of experience from the Northern Fleet’s submarine forces and comes from the position of Commander of the Northern Fleet’s submarine forces, which were establish as one unit in February 2011. Rear Admiral Igor Mukhametshin takes over the position of Commander of the submarines forces.

Also other Northern Fleet units have had changes in commanding structures.