Patrushev pointed out the need for the Russian Navy to be on the enemy's nose.

The Russian Navy, if necessary, must independently arise under the nose of a potential enemy. This was announced on June 15 by Nikolai Patrushev, Assistant to the President of the Russian Federation, Chairman of the Russian Maritime Board.

"There is no need to wait for NATO ships to appear at our maritime borders. We need to find ourselves under the nose of a potential enemy," he said in an interview with Rossiyskaya Gazeta.

The West, as Patrushev explained, now intends to block the Russian fleet at the bases and block it there. According to the chairman of the Russian Maritime Board, he is even preparing to launch possible preventive strikes against the relevant facilities of the Russian Navy.

"If we want Russia to remain great, to be a true center of power, then we must strengthen our positions at sea," Patrushev concluded.

Entangled the shores: anti-drone units have been created in the Navy

Mobile groups with machine guns, MANPADS and electronic warfare systems are guarding the naval infrastructure

Patrushev said on May 25 that the Russian Navy successfully ensures the safety of navigation, in particular ships carrying cargo in the interests of its state. He explained that the activity is conducted according to both the object and zonal principles. Russian military personnel, as the assistant to the President of the Russian Federation added, are strengthening control over the vessels and accompanying them on request in mobile firing groups.

He also announced on February 17 that the Russian Federation was developing a set of measures to respond to Western seizures of ships in international waters. According to him, if Russia does not give a "tough rebuff", then soon Western countries will try to completely block Russia's access to the seas in the Atlantic basin.