The Russian navy is very proud of its new spy ship, the Yantar, which is now doing Argentina a favor by helping to search for a missing submarine, ARA San Juan, which disappeared on 15 November in ...

And in January, Defence Secretary John Healey told MPs the Royal Navy had monitored a Russian spy ship after it was spotted around UK waters - accusing the vessel, Yantar, of being used to gather ...

A Royal Navy submarine was ordered to surface in November last year close to a suspected Russia spy ship, the Yantar, which was being monitored loitering over underseas infrastructure in UK waters.

It’s the second time this year Somerset has tracked Russian ships. The frigate shadowed the suspected spy vessel, Yantar, alongside patrol ship HMS Tyne, in January. Defence Secretary John ...

The ship, known as Yantar, is operated by a Russian Ministry of Defence agency and officially carries out oceanographic research. But Western officials believe it is used for deep-sea espionage.