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Russian warship, The Caesar Kunikov, has arrived in Bulgaria's Black Sea port of Varna to take part in the 14th Blackseafor naval drills.
The Caesar Kunikov is a large amphibious landing ship from Russia's Black Sea Fleet. It is a Ropucha-I class large landing ship. The vessel was involved in August 2008 Russian-Georgian naval skirmish.
In 2001 Turkey established the Blackseafor naval group - which comprises Turkey, Bulgaria, Ukraine, Romania, Georgia and Russia.
"The Blackseafor warships will practice, in particular, monitoring of commercial shipping, interception and pursuit of suspicious vessels...communications and tactical maneuvering," a spokesman for the Black Sea Fleet said, cited by RIANOVOSTI.
Georgian warships have not participated in the Blackseafor exercises for a number of years, and will not take part in the upcoming drills.
Russia has said it will not take part in any joint naval exercises involving Georgian warships.
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