Russia will send a new warship to fight pirates.

SyuzhetyVoennaya operation against Somali piratov19.02.2009NATO organizes a new operation off the coast of Somalia April 2009 large antisubmarine ship "Admiral Panteleev" begin to combat pirates off the coast of Somalia, reports RIA Novosti. "Admiral Panteleev" replaces a large antisubmarine ship "Admiral Vinogradov", which patrols the territorial waters of Somalia since January 2009.
"Admiral Panteleev" is a single-c "Admiral Vinogradov" ship. Anti-submarine ships, which is to protect civilian vessels from pirates in April 2009, was adopted by the Navy of Russia in 1991. On weapons "Admiral Panteleeva" are anti-missile-torpedoes "bell", anti-aircraft defense complexes "Dagger", artillery guns and AK-100 AK-630M, 533-mm torpedo, rocket and bomb installations RBU-6000, and two Ka -27.
Russia on duty Navy ships off the coast of Somalia since the fall of 2008. First, the fight against the pirates, and escort civilian vessels engaged sloop "fearless." A few months later it was replaced by "Admiral Vinogradov". For several months, the Russian sailors rescued from the attacks of dozens of ships.
Besides Russia, the warships to the coast of Somalia sent a few EU countries, as well as the United States. NATO and the EU organized a naval operation off the coast of Somalia because of frequent attacks by pirates, which only the 2008 attack over one hundred vessels, of which over 40 were captured.