With great sadness and sorrow we regret to inform that on 15 December 2013 after battling a grave disease at the age of 76, VALENTIN MIKHAILOVICH PASHIN, Science Principal & Deputy Director General of Krylov State Research Centre, Hero of Russia, Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences, expired.

During his working visit to Primorski region, Vladimir Putin held a conference on the prospects of Russian commercial shipbuilding development. The participant of this conference were heads of federal ministries and agencies, heads of shipbuilding and oil& gas companies, as well as top-rank naval officers. KSRC Director General, Mr. Andrey Dutov, also took part in this conference.

On Friday, August 16, Russian Minister of Industry and Commerce, Mr. Denis Manturov had an official visit to St. Petersburg. KSRC was one of the points in his itinerary. During this visit, Mr. Manturov had a round about the KSRC facilities and conversations with scientists and engineers.

Fincantieri, one of the global shipbuilding leaders, and KSRC, one of the flagship centres in shipbuilding studies, signed basic agreement for joint development of new innovative projects.