Last Updated: Tuesday, 23 March, 2004
Russia's rusting navy http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/880220.stm
By Stephen Mulvey BBC News Online
The decline of Russia's armed services has been unmistakeable for more than a decade, but it is the crisis in the navy that has been most conspicuous of all.
The declaration from the navy commander-in-chief that the nuclear cruiser Peter the Great is too dangerous to be at sea is only the latest in a string of problems. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/880220.stm