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President Vladimir Putin, center, Admiral Nikolai Yevmenov, Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Navy, left, and Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu inspect warships during the Navy Day parade in St.Petersburg, Russia, on Sunday, July 26, 2020. (Alexei Druzhinin, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)
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The Russian Navy's missile corvette Dmitrovgrad sails along the Neva River during the Navy Day parade in Saint Petersburg, Russia July 26, 2020. Sputnik/Alexei Druzhinin/Kremlin via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY.
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Russia's President Vladimir Putin, Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu and Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Navy Nikolai Yevmenov attend the Navy Day parade in Saint Petersburg, Russia July 26, 2020. Sputnik/Alexei Druzhinin/Kremlin via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY.
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Russian warships sail along the Neva River during the Navy Day parade in Saint Petersburg, Russia July 26, 2020. Dmitri Lovetsky/Pool via REUTERS
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The Russian diesel-electric submarine Sankt Peterburg sails along the Neva River during the Navy Day parade in Saint Petersburg, Russia July 26, 2020. Sputnik/Alexei Druzhinin/Kremlin via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin arrives to attend the Navy Day parade in Saint Petersburg, Russia July 26, 2020. Dmitri Lovetsky/Pool via REUTERS
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Russia's President Vladimir Putin attends the Navy Day parade in Saint Petersburg, Russia July 26, 2020. Sputnik/Alexei Druzhinin/Kremlin via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY.
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Russia's President Vladimir Putin attends the Navy Day parade in Saint Petersburg, Russia July 26, 2020. Sputnik/Alexei Druzhinin/Kremlin via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY.
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Russian armoured personnel carriers submerge from amphibious assault ships during the Navy Day parade in the Black Sea port of Sevastopol, Crimea July 26, 2020. REUTERS/Alexey Pavlishak
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Russian Sukhoi Su-25 assault aircrafts release smoke in the colours of the Russian flag while flying over downtown Saint Petersburg during the Navy Day parade on July 26, 2020. / AFP / SPUTNIK / Alexey DRUZHININ
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A Russian Navy officer stands on the embankment as warships sail during the Navy Day parade in Kronstadt near Saint Petersburg, Russia July 26, 2020. REUTERS/Anton Vaganov/Pool
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Russian warships sail on the Neva river during the Navy Day parade in Saint Petersburg on July 26, 2020. / AFP / POOL / Dmitry LOVETSKY
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Russian warships sail during the Navy Day parade in Kronstadt near Saint Petersburg, Russia July 26, 2020. REUTERS/Anton Vaganov/Pool
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A security service officer aims his sniper rifle securing the area ahead of the Navy Day parade in Saint Petersburg, Russia July 26, 2020. Dmitri Lovetsky/Pool via REUTERS
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Russian President Vladimir Putin attends the Navy Day parade in Saint Petersburg on July 26, 2020. / AFP / SPUTNIK / Alexey DRUZHININ
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Russian President Vladimir Putin and Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu greet top military officials during the Navy Day parade in Saint Petersburg on July 26, 2020. / AFP / SPUTNIK / Alexey DRUZHININ
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Russian President Vladimir Putin arrives to attend the military parade during the Navy Day celebration in St.Petersburg, Russia, Sunday, July 26, 2020.(AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky, Pool)
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Russia's President Vladimir Putin, Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu, Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Navy Nikolai Yevmenov and Commander of the Western Military District of Russian Armed Forces Alexander Zhuravlyov attend the Navy Day parade in Saint Petersburg, Russia July 26, 2020. Sputnik/Alexei Druzhinin/Kremlin via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY.
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A Russian marine and a medical worker help a comrade not to fall prior the Navy Day parade in Saint Petersburg, Russia July 26, 2020. Dmitri Lovetsky/Pool via REUTERS
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Russia's President Vladimir Putin inspects warships on the Neva river during the Navy Day parade in Saint Petersburg, Russia July 26, 2020. Sputnik/Alexei Druzhinin/Kremlin via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY.
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A Russian sailor watch as Su-25 jet fighters release smoke in the colours of the Russian state flag during the Navy Day parade in Kronstadt near Saint Petersburg, Russia July 26, 2020. REUTERS/Anton Vaganov/Pool
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Russian President Vladimir Putin, Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu and Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Navy Admiral Nikolai Yevmenov inspect warships on the Neva river during the Navy Day parade in Saint Petersburg on July 26, 2020. / AFP / SPUTNIK / Alexei Druzhinin
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Russian warships sail on the Neva river during the Navy Day parade in Saint Petersburg on July 26, 2020. / AFP / POOL / Dmitry LOVETSKY
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A member of a military band performs as Russian warships sail during the Navy Day parade in Kronstadt near Saint Petersburg, Russia July 26, 2020. REUTERS/Anton Vaganov/Pool
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Russia's President Vladimir Putin and Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu attend the Navy Day parade in Saint Petersburg, Russia July 26, 2020. Dmitri Lovetsky/Pool via REUTERS
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Russia's President Vladimir Putin arrives to attend the Navy Day parade in Saint Petersburg, Russia July 26, 2020. Dmitri Lovetsky/Pool via REUTERS
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Warships float past a drawbridge rising above the Neva River during the Navy Day parade in St.Petersburg, Russia, Sunday, July 26, 2020.(AP Photo/Anatoly Maltsev, Pool)
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Warships pass the Blagoveschensky drawbridge rising above the Neva River during the Navy Day parade in St.Petersburg, Russia, Sunday, July 26, 2020.(AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky, Pool)
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Russia's President Vladimir Putin arrives to attend the Navy Day parade in Saint Petersburg, Russia July 26, 2020. Dmitri Lovetsky/Pool via REUTERS
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President Vladimir Putin inspects warships during the Navy Day parade in St.Petersburg, Russia, on Sunday, July 26, 2020. (Alexei Druzhinin, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)
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Russian President Vladimir Putin attends the Navy Day parade in Saint Petersburg on July 26, 2020. / AFP / SPUTNIK / Alexey DRUZHININ
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The Russian Navy's missile corvette Dmitrovgrad sails past the Dvortsoviy Bridge over the Neva River during the Navy Day parade in Saint Petersburg, Russia July 26, 2020. Dmitri Lovetsky/Pool via REUTERS
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Russian President Vladimir Putin, Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu and Commander of the Western Military District of Russian Armed Forces Alexander Zhuravlyov are pictured aboard the Raptor patrol boat before the Navy Day parade in Saint Petersburg, Russia July 26 ,2020. Sputnik/Alexei Druzhinin/Kremlin via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY.
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Russian missile corvette Dmitrovgrad sails on the Neva river during the Navy Day parade in Saint Petersburg on July 26, 2020. / AFP / POOL / Dmitry LOVETSKY
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Russian Navy patrol ship Vasily Bykov sails during the Navy Day parade in Kronstadt near Saint Petersburg, Russia July 26, 2020. Sputnik/Alexei Druzhinin/Kremlin via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY.
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Russian Navy day

President Vladimir Putin said the Russian navy will get 40 new ships and vessels this year, as he attended a naval parade in St. Petersburg on Sunday marking the Navy Day in Russia.
The parade in St. Petersburg and the nearby town of Kronshtadt featured 46 ships and vessels and over 4,000 troops and aimed to “demonstrate the growing power of our navy,” Putin said Friday.
He said 40 ships and vessels of different classes will enter service this year, and that the Russian navy will be equipped with hypersonic weapons to boost its combat capabilities.