20:57, 27 July 2025

Navy Day in the South of Russia Passed Without Parades

There were no ship parades in Novorossiysk and Kaspiysk on Navy Day, the Ministry of Defense reported large-scale exercises. Telegram users considered the initiative of the Rostov-on-Don authorities to turn off the fountains on Navy and Airborne Forces Days excessive.

As "Kavkazsky Uzel" wrote, Navy Day in Kuban in 2024 was held without events with a large number of participants. The authorities of Dagestan in 2024 reported on a military parade in Kaspiysk.

There was no ship parade in Kaspiysk today, the city authorities limited themselves to congratulating on the holiday and reporting on a concert in the city center in their Telegram channel.

There was no parade in Novorossiysk either, the city administration reported today on its Telegram channel only about master classes, historical reconstruction of an episode from the Great Patriotic War and the transfer of awards to the mothers of soldiers killed in the military operation in Ukraine.

"When will the parade be?" - user Roman asked in the comments to the repost of the program of events in Novorossiysk in the Telegram channel "Krasnodar Teletype", which has more than 130 thousand subscribers, but did not receive an answer to his question. In total, the post collected eight comments by 20.57 Moscow time.

The Russian Defense Ministry reported today on the completion of the operational exercises "July Storm", in which servicemen of the Caspian Flotilla also took part. The exercises were conducted from July 23 to 27 under the leadership of the Commander-in-Chief of the Navy, Admiral Alexander Moiseyev, in the waters of the Pacific, Arctic Oceans, as well as the Baltic and Caspian Seas.

The exercises involved more than 150 ships and support vessels, 120 aircraft, 950 units of special and combat equipment, 10 coastal complexes, and more than 15 thousand military personnel, the department's Telegram channel said.

Vladimir Putin considered it right that Navy Day is now celebrated with exercises, not a parade. "Everything is in place, and the fleet is demonstrating its combat capabilities and qualities," TASS quoted him as saying.

The authorities of Rostov-on-Don decided to turn off the fountains in the city on the occasion of Navy Day, the city's improvement and forestry department reported on its page on the VKontakte social network.

"According to the recommendation of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia for the Rostov Region, on July 27, 2025 and August 2, 2025, during the days of the celebration of the Russian Navy and the Airborne Forces, the fountains located on the territory of the city of Rostov-on-Don and on the balance sheet of the Improvement and Forestry Department of the city of Rostov-on-Don will be drained and turned off," the report says. The agency indicated that all fountains except one will be working again between these dates.

Users of the Telegram channel "Tyutina", which has 21,408 subscribers, considered such safety measures to be overcautious. The message about the fountain shutdown had collected 20 comments by 20:57 Moscow time.

"I don't see any problem with swimming in fountains at all. We just need to organize normal control of the situation in the context of the safety of those around us and the bathers themselves," wrote Olga Vesta.

"Let them swim. What's the problem?" - asked the Rostov resident.

"But how much work has been done, they turned it off, pumped it out, turned it on. It's not for nothing that they get paid," noted Evgeny.

The majority of users expressed a similar opinion in the Telegram channel "Rostov News 161.ru", which has 227,892 subscribers, the post about turning off the fountains collected 66 comments.

"Why make people angry about turning off the fountains? Their professional holiday is associated with water, they will dive and what do you care?" - asked Natasha Kalinina.

"Do the authorities consider men celebrating their professional holiday idiots who are unable to control their actions? It's amazing how they are trusted to defend the country with weapons in hand the other 364 days of the year?" - Sergey was indignant.

"They themselves have been earning such a reputation for decades," objected Dmitry.

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