Three Chinese warships, including the destroyer Hefei, arrived in the Russian Baltic Fleet's main base in
Baltiysk in the Russian Kaliningrad region on July 21.
The frigate left the Baltic Fleet base in the Western seaport town of
Baltiysk in late April for Sevastopol.
Yaroslav Mudryy is due back in
Baltiysk next weekend after six months in Spain, Malta, Oman, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Malaysia Cyprus and Syria.
Reports suggest the Russian frigate's homeport is
Baltiysk.
Currently the only terminal that is owned by the company and not located in Novorossiysk is a container terminal in the Kaliningrad region (
Baltiysk).
For example, it might allow the Russian fleet to use the warm-water port facilities at
Baltiysk, or provide Moscow with limited tax receipts, perhaps in the form of a lease payment such as that provided for by the agreement between the United Kingdom and China concerning Hong Kong.
Russia's former naval facility of
Baltiysk next to Kaliningrad is being converted and modernized to handle an initial 1 m tons of cargo a year.
As the first African-American commanding officer of the USS Samuel Eliot Morrison (EFG-13), Tom Daniel conducted an official ship visit to Russia when the guided missile frigate dropped in on the former soviet Union Naval Base of
Baltiysk this summer.
A commissary and exchange complex to serve the
Baltiysk Garrison has been under construction for 12 years.