Naval brigade: how the security of the Crimean Bridge will be organized. Under the supervision of the military: how the Russian authorities protect the Crimean Bridge 5 billion for installing the system

To protect the transport crossing Kerch Strait a naval brigade will be created. This was stated by the director of the Russian Guard, Viktor Zolotov. According to him, federal Service accumulated great experience in the field of security. There are 74 strategic sites under the protection of the department. The issue of protecting the Crimean Bridge has become particularly relevant in connection with the arrests of Ukrainian saboteurs in the region. The crossing will have to be protected primarily from attacks from Kyiv, experts say.

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A new unit will appear in the structure of the Russian Guard, whose responsibilities will include guarding the Crimean Bridge. According to existing plans, in 2019 a transport crossing will connect the peninsula and mainland Russia by bus and railway.

“To solve the tasks assigned to the Russian Guard to ensure the safety of transport passage through the Kerch Strait, a new formation will have to be formed - a naval brigade,” said the director of the Russian Guard, Viktor Zolotov, speaking at a meeting in the Federation Council.

According to him, the department’s employees have accumulated quite a lot of experience in ensuring the security of objects of strategic importance. As Zolotov clarified, 74 important government facilities are under the protection of the Russian Guard.

As part of the Crimean Bridge project, more than half of the construction work has already been completed. This was announced on Wednesday by Deputy Head of the Federal Road Agency of the Russian Federation Igor Astakhov. In the summer, builders carried out two key operations: installing the road and railway arches of the bridge.

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The first piles began to be driven into the bottom of the Kerch Strait in the spring of 2016. The general contractor Stroygazmontazh expects that the highway through the Kerch Strait will open on December 18, 2018, and Railway— December 1, 2019. The bridge will stretch for 19 km and will become the longest in Russia.

Scuba diver squad

In mid-September 2016, the Minister of Transport of the Russian Federation Maxim Sokolov announced that in project documentation bridge there is a section dedicated to anti-terrorism security.

Shortly before this, information appeared in the media that the Russian Guard was planning to create a detachment of combat scuba divers, whose tasks would include repelling saboteur attacks and searching for explosives. In addition, combat divers must clear Great Britain-era munitions. Patriotic War and drive away scuba diving enthusiasts from the bridge piles.

Training of combat swimmers of the special forces of the Russian Guard

Russian Guard scuba divers will be provided with special small arms(in particular, the ADS rifle-grenade launcher complex), high-speed anti-sabotage boats and surveillance equipment that are capable of monitoring the depths of the sea.

The boats of the Russian Guard (presumably Project 21980 “Rook”) will be equipped with special reconnaissance devices that will allow them to detect enemy personnel and underwater targets.

On March 30, 2017, Deputy Prime Minister of Crimea Georgy Muradov said that the security of the Crimean bridge would be controlled by “all forces, including the military component” and intelligence services.

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The editor-in-chief of the Arsenal of the Fatherland magazine, Viktor Murakhovsky, believes that the Crimean Bridge will mainly be protected from saboteurs. The establishment of a naval brigade means that the Russian Guard will focus on protecting the water area, including monitoring the underwater situation.

“In addition to boats, autonomous underwater vehicles, high-resolution hydroacoustic systems and stationary surveillance equipment will be used, which will monitor the situation around the bridge day and night,” Murakhovsky said in an interview with RT.

As Murakhovsky clarified, the Crimean Bridge is a strategic object of the first category, which involves taking special measures to protect against “active external influence.”

The expert believes that the state will also provide air defense transport crossing. According to Murakhovsky, this task will be handled anti-aircraft systems"Buk" and "Thor", as well as several radar stations.

Protection from Ukraine

Meanwhile, ensuring the security of the Crimean Bridge is no longer a theory, but the everyday work of the Russian special services. In Crimea, FSB officers regularly identify spies and saboteurs who were trained by the SBU and the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine.

Thus, on August 12, 2017, the FSB detained Gennady Limeshko, a native of the Kharkov region. During interrogation, he admitted that he had undergone reconnaissance and sabotage training. The Ukrainian had to report to the curators about the blackout of coastal Sudak.

Ukrainian authorities claim that the Crimean Bridge poses threats to national security. Kyiv fears that the transport crossing will restrict the movement of ships from Mariupol and Berdyansk, located on the Sea of Azov.

Experts from the Center for Army, Conversion and Disarmament Studies (Kyiv) believe that Russia’s actions are “exclusively military-political in nature, forming a new field of socio-economic risks of stagnation in the Ukrainian Azov region,<…>increase threats in the context of a land corridor to occupied Crimea.”

The President of the Association of Veterans of the Alpha anti-terrorism unit, Sergei Goncharov, said in an interview with RT that Russia will have to protect the Crimean Bridge primarily from encroachments by Ukraine. In his opinion, the Russian Guard is capable of coping with this task.

“Kyiv will do everything possible to prevent the construction and, through sabotage, to prevent the operation of this bridge. However, the Russian Guard has specially trained fighters to reliably protect the Kerch Bridge,” Goncharov concluded.

A naval brigade will be created to guard the transport passage through the Kerch Strait. This was stated by the director of the Russian Guard Viktor Zolotov. According to him, the federal service has accumulated extensive experience in the field of security. There are 74 strategic sites under the protection of the department. The issue of protecting the Crimean Bridge has become particularly relevant in connection with the arrests of Ukrainian saboteurs in the region. The crossing will have to be protected primarily from attacks from Kyiv, experts say.

“To solve the tasks assigned to the Russian Guard to ensure the safety of transport passage through the Kerch Strait, a new formation will have to be formed - a naval brigade,” said the director of the Russian Guard, Viktor Zolotov, speaking at a meeting in the Federation Council.

The first piles began to be driven into the bottom of the Kerch Strait in the spring of 2016. The general contractor Stroygazmontazh expects that the highway through the Kerch Strait will open on December 18, 2018, and the railway on December 1, 2019. The bridge will stretch for 19 km and will become the longest in Russia.

Scuba diver squad

In mid-September 2016, the Minister of Transport of the Russian Federation Maxim Sokolov announced that in the design documentation of the bridge there is a section dedicated to anti-terrorism security.

Shortly before this, information appeared in the media that the Russian Guard was planning to create a detachment of combat scuba divers, whose tasks would include repelling saboteur attacks and searching for explosives. In addition, combat divers must neutralize ammunition from the Great Patriotic War and drive away scuba diving enthusiasts from the bridge piles.

Rosgvardiya scuba divers will be provided with special small arms (in particular, the ADS rifle-grenade launcher complex), high-speed anti-sabotage boats and surveillance equipment that are capable of monitoring the sea depths.

The boats of the Russian Guard (presumably Project 21980 “Rook”) will be equipped with special reconnaissance devices that will allow them to detect enemy personnel and underwater targets.

On March 30, 2017, Deputy Prime Minister of Crimea Georgy Muradov said that the security of the Crimean bridge would be controlled by “all forces, including the military component” and intelligence services.

“In addition to boats, autonomous underwater vehicles, high-resolution hydroacoustic systems and stationary surveillance equipment will be used, which will monitor the situation around the bridge day and night,” Murakhovsky said in an interview with RT.

As Murakhovsky clarified, the Crimean Bridge is a strategic object of the first category, which involves taking special measures to protect against “active external influence.”

The expert believes that the state will also provide air defense for the transport crossing. According to Murakhovsky, the Buk and Tor anti-aircraft systems, as well as several radar stations, will cope with this task.

Protection from Ukraine

Thus, on August 12, 2017, the FSB detained a native of the Kharkov region, Gennady Limeshko. During interrogation, he admitted that he had undergone reconnaissance and sabotage training. The Ukrainian had to report to the curators about the blackout of coastal Sudak.

Ukrainian officials claim that the Crimean Bridge poses a threat to national security. Kyiv fears that the transport crossing will restrict the movement of ships from Mariupol and Berdyansk, located on the Sea of Azov.

Experts from the Center for Army, Conversion and Disarmament Studies (Kyiv) believe that Russia’s actions are “exclusively military-political in nature, form a new field of socio-economic risks of stagnation in the Ukrainian Azov region, and increase threats in the context of the land corridor to occupied Crimea.”

The President of the Association of Veterans of the Alpha anti-terrorism unit, Sergei Goncharov, said in an interview with RT that Russia will have to protect the Crimean Bridge primarily from encroachments by Ukraine. In his opinion, the Russian Guard is capable of coping with this task.

“To solve the tasks assigned to the Russian Guard to ensure the safety of transport passage through the Kerch Strait, a new formation will have to be formed - a naval brigade,” said the director of the Russian Guard, Viktor Zolotov, speaking at a meeting in the Federation Council.

The first piles began to be driven into the bottom of the Kerch Strait in the spring of 2016. The general contractor Stroygazmontazh expects that the highway through the Kerch Strait will open on December 18, 2018, and the railway on December 1, 2019. The bridge will stretch for 19 km and will become the longest in Russia.

Scuba diver squad

Shortly before this, information appeared in the media that the Russian Guard was planning to create a detachment of combat scuba divers, whose tasks would include repelling saboteur attacks and searching for explosives. In addition, combat divers must neutralize ammunition from the Great Patriotic War and drive away scuba diving enthusiasts from the bridge piles.

Rosgvardiya scuba divers will be provided with special small arms (in particular, the ADS rifle-grenade launcher complex), high-speed anti-sabotage boats and surveillance equipment that are capable of monitoring the sea depths.

The boats of the Russian Guard (presumably Project 21980 “Rook”) will be equipped with special reconnaissance devices that will allow them to detect enemy personnel and underwater targets.

On March 30, 2017, Deputy Prime Minister of Crimea Georgy Muradov said that the security of the Crimean bridge would be controlled by “all forces, including the military component” and intelligence services.

“In addition to boats, autonomous underwater vehicles, high-resolution hydroacoustic systems and stationary surveillance equipment will be used, which will monitor the situation around the bridge day and night,” Murakhovsky said in an interview with RT.

As Murakhovsky clarified, the Crimean Bridge is a strategic object of the first category, which involves taking special measures to protect against “active external influence.”

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The President of the Association of Veterans of the Alpha anti-terrorism unit, Sergei Goncharov, said in an interview with RT that Russia will have to protect the Crimean Bridge primarily from encroachments by Ukraine. In his opinion, the Russian Guard is capable of coping with this task.

The Black Sea area around the construction of the Crimean Bridge is becoming overgrown with military installations. Russian authorities are bringing combat vessels and radio systems to the construction site to protect against any possible threats. We tell you who is protecting the “construction site of the century” and the surrounding area.

On the Kerch Bridge Russian authorities organize access control. All of its land sections will be surrounded by a fence, and at the entrances to the bridge - on the Kerch, Taman banks and Tuzla Island - checkpoints will be installed to inspect vehicles and citizens.

And the other day, RIA Novosti Crimea reported that from the first days the construction of the Crimean Bridge was being monitored by patrol boats of the Russian FSB border service. Military vessels are located off the coast of Kerch.

The patrol boat "Sobol" is commanded by Alexey Saulin from Kostroma - graduate of the Coast Guard Institute of the FSB of Russia in Anapa. He told reporters that he himself wanted to go to serve in Kerch: “I independently chose where I would serve and went to Crimea. I was in my fourth year of study when Crimea returned to Russia in 2014, and I immediately decided for myself that I would come to serve here.” According to Saulin, his crew guards the state border of Russia, internal sea waters and the future bridge across the Kerch Strait, and also fights local poachers.

According to RIA Crimea, a Russian vessel of the Lamantin project with a carrying capacity of 112 tons is also being tested off the coast of Kerch. It can work up to ten days in autonomous mode.

And behind the lighthouse on Cape Lantern there is a radio technical post, says the acting officer. head of the department in Bagerovo Vladislav Kochubey. The Russian military is watching from it what is happening in the Kerch Strait - including with the help of thermal imagers. “We control the ships that pass through the site, and, thanks to the location of the point, we can monitor the situation in the area of the Kerch ferry crossing, the transport crossing through the Kerch Strait,” he says.

Other military vessels and units are also involved in the protection of the Kerch Strait, they say Russian officials.

Underwater robots and marine crews with machine guns

The bridge across the Kerch Strait is guarded Russian army and intelligence services, said the permanent representative of Crimea to the Russian President in March last year Georgy Muradov. "Safety (bridge - KR) will be provided by all forces, including the military and security services,” he told Russian media.

According to former first deputy commander-in-chief Navy Russia, admiral Igor Kasatonov, special units will be involved in the defense of the Crimean Bridge Black Sea Fleet. “Issues of security and defense of the bridge have been transferred to the Novorossiysk base. In the future, the bridge will be guarded by special units, and the navy will be responsible for security from the sea,” he says.

Last September, Izvestia, citing unnamed sources, reported that Russian special services in the Kerch Strait tested autonomous surface-underwater robotic systems “Penguin”, which are supposedly capable of detecting explosive devices and enemy divers. The publication writes that the tests were carried out successfully, the issue of supplying these complexes is being resolved.

A new military formation - a naval brigade - will also be brought in to guard the bridge across the Kerch Strait, says the head of the Russian Guard. Victor Zolotov: “In the newly created Southern District of Troops, a new formation will be formed - a naval brigade.” According to Zolotov, representatives of the Russian Guard are already guarding the Artek children's center and the energy bridge in the Kerch Strait area.

The naval brigades may include detachments of combat swimmers who will search for ammunition from the Second World War and carry out special operations in the depths of the Black Sea, Zvezda reports, citing unnamed experts:

“According to experts, in order to neutralize intruders under water, combat swimmers of the Russian Guard can receive weapons - underwater ADS assault rifles, PSS pistols and special watercraft for fast movement under water, similar to those that will be included in the armament of the PDSS fighters of the navy.”

Hydroacoustic systems

Zvezda experts note that in order to suppress and quickly intercept violators at sea, the Russian Guard is going to order four Project 21980 Grachonok anti-sabotage boats.

The Russian TV channel TVC reports that in the waters of the Kerch Strait there are landing boats of project 03160 “Raptor” - these are the fastest sea vessels of the Russian Navy.

Director for development of civil products and innovations of the Morinformsystem-Agat concern Stanislav Chui in October he said that special hydroacoustic systems could be installed to protect the bridge in the Kerch Strait. Chui notes that they will help not only to detect the violator, but also to transmit the data necessary for his arrest. This system is used on water bodies Russia.

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Russian authorities will surround the land sections of the future Kerch Bridge with fencing. They also intend to equip this territory with a powerful security system. According to the project, checkpoints will appear on the Kerch and Taman banks and on Tuzla Island at the entrances to the bridge to inspect vehicles and citizens. All these attributes are listed in the documents of several government procurements, copies of which are available at Krym.Realii. Read about what the security system of the future bridge will be like in our material.

November 3 federal unitary enterprise The “Departmental Security Administration of the Ministry of Transport of the Russian Federation” purchased design and survey services as part of equipping the transport crossing across the Kerch Strait with engineering and technical systems to ensure transport safety. total cost purchases amounted to 12.4 million rubles.

According to the documentation available Crimea.Realities, the approaches to the future bridge are planned to be equipped with eight checkpoints: three checkpoints will appear on the territory of Taman and Kerch, two on Tuzla Island. Also, on the Kerch and Taman banks there will be two buildings each for the inspection of individuals.

8 checkpoints on 19 kilometers

According to the documents, as part of ensuring security on the future Crimean Bridge in Kerch, it is planned to build two railway and one road checkpoint (30.5 each square meters every). Two more buildings will be built here for the inspection of individuals - 15 and 30 square meters each.

In addition, the land sections of the future bridge will be accompanied by large-scale cut-off barriers.

Also, one road and railway checkpoint will be installed on the Tuzla Spit, through which the bridge will run. Here the road and railway passages will also be surrounded by a fence.

A similar situation will be in Taman, where three checkpoints will be located, two of which are railway ones. Individuals will be examined in another special complex.

Thus, eight checkpoints will be equipped in three sections along the 19 kilometers of the bridge.

The contract is planned to be executed from December this year to January 31, 2018. The process will be connected Federal agency for fisheries, which will assess the damage to aquatic biological resources due to the installation of safety systems.

Toxicological analysis of soils and bottom sediments in the Kerch Strait, according to documents, will be carried out by the Center for Hygiene and Epidemiology in St. Petersburg.

4.5 billion for system installation

In February, August and October of this year, the Department of Departmental Security of the Ministry of Transport of Russia and the Taman Federal Highways Administration signed three more contracts for engineering surveys and design of safety systems for transport crossings across the Kerch Strait. They cost more than 4.5 billion rubles.

According to the terms of the contract, payment for the work is divided over three years. This year it will cost 1.5 billion rubles, in 2018 – 2 billion, and in 2019 – another 1 billion rubles.

Rescue and fire post in Taman

As part of the procurement of the Department of Departmental Security of the Ministry of Transport of Russia, a specialized fire and rescue unit will also be built in the village of Taman, Krasnodar Territory, to protect against emergency situations and large natural fires in the bridge area, as well as a separate post with a control center for an integrated security system.

For these objects it is allocated land plot with an area of 12.5 thousand square meters on the border with settlements Taman. Here they want to build a building for a separate fire and rescue unit post with a control center for an integrated security system.

“The facility will be designed to carry out priority search and rescue, emergency rescue operations and provide fire safety special objects. It will include a complete transformer substation, two artesian wells, three garages for parking backup cars and other vehicles, and two watercraft. An underground tank with a volume of 50 cubic meters and a fire hydrant are provided,” as listed in the procurement documentation.

Design and survey work for this project cost 4.8 million rubles. Construction will be carried out as part of the defense order with funding in 2018 and 2019.

The work here is expected to be completed in 2019. The chief specialist of the investment and capital construction department of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Russia for Krasnodar region Denis Mamaev.

The winner of the competition to carry out these works was the Krasnodar LLC “Project-Stroy-Design”, which belongs to two individuals and is engaged in engineering surveys, design and construction supervision.

According to the documents, work on installing safety equipment on road approaches to the bridge should be completed by April 30, 2018, and on railway approaches by December 1, 2019. That is, several months later than the commissioning of the bridge itself. Russian officials call this date the summer of 2019.