1.   Aeroflot is buying Western-made aircraft to boost the efficiency of its aging, mostly Russian fleet, on flights to Europe, company spokeswoman Yuliya Mariyashkina said.

2.   But it was also apparent that both governments were withholding information under their own long-standing refusal to comment on submarine spying operations directed at the Russian fleet.

3.   The announcement was followed by a demonstration Wednesday, attended by ranking government officials, against foreign investors in Russian shipping fleets.

4.   The cursor slid over the triangle and immediately identified the enemy plane as a fighter jet from the Russian fleet.

5.   The Russian nuclear submarine fleet rusts at its moorings.

6.   Adm. Viktor Kravchenko, commander of the Russian fleet, already conducted officer training to prepare for the autumn exercises.

7.   One has been fully turned over to the Russian fleet, while the others have been abandoned or turned over to the Ukrainian navy.

8.   Six months late, the flagship of the Russian polar fleet has finally delivered supplies to researchers stranded at four Antarctic bases, officials said Monday.

9.   But negotiations have stalled on the establishment of separate bases for the Ukrainian navy and the Russian fleet.

10.   The Piotr Veliki has only just been put into service after being built by Saint Petersburg shipyards and is the most modern ship in the Russian fleet.