Navy is the branch of the Russian Armed Forces, armed with all categories of surface and amphibious ships, submarines and seaborne aviation, designated for naval defence, naval and amphibious warfare at maritime theatres, protection of the maritime borders of the Russian Federation from external attack, protection of shippings, delivering conventional or nuclear strikes in favour of the Ground Force acting on continental theatres.

Russian Navy also incorporates marines for seaborne combat operations and related functions. It has support vessels, communications, training facilitires to provide for its role all of the time.

The strategic task of the Navy also includes nuclear deterrence by use of submarine-borne nuclear missiles.

Russian Navy consists of four Fleets, each for every sea Russia washed by and the Pacific Ocean, and a Flotilla at Caspian Sea.