Russian navy Krivak I class frigate BDITELNY during exercise BALTOPS 93. Behind BDITELNY is the German frigate FGS KARLSRUHE (F-212). For the first time in the 22-year history of BALTOPS, the Eastern European countries of Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland and Russia were invited to participate in the non-military phases of the exercise. (Also in the picture is the Swedish minelayer HMS Älvsborg (M02).)