| July 2006 |
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Russian women won gold medals in the combined synchronized swimming competition at the 28th European Swimming Championships in Budapest Sunday. 
A Su-24M plane crashed in western Russia, killing two pilots, a source in the Baltic Fleet headquarters said Sunday. "The plane crashed while taking off from the Chernyakhovsk aerodrome. Both pilots died, failing to catapult," the source said. 
Efforts to maintain the Fleet's combat readiness are a top priority for Russia, Defense Minister Sergei Ivanov said Sunday.
Russia has been and remains a great maritime power, the country's navy commander said Sunday in a congratulatory letter on the occasion of Navy Day.



