British company to supply Russian naval vessels

Russia’s seamen are to get softer beds and fancier finishings as the Defense Ministry employs the services of a British company to furnish its vessels.

This has prompted controversy at home, naysayers say the money would be better spent on rockets and defending the country than making life easier for its sailors and that if they really feel the need to spend money on soft beds they could use the services of a Russian company.

Strong Box Maritime Furnishings is the name and Morskiye Kompleksniye Systemy its representative in Russia. The British firm also supplies the Royal Navy.