Russian criminal probe over sub

"Britain's Scorpio craft was flown to Kamchatka and taken out to sea on a Russian vessel.

With its robotic arms and cable cutters, it was able to free the sub from the vast fishing nets and underwater surveillance antennae it had become caught up in.

Commander of Russia's Pacific Fleet, Admiral Viktor Fyodorov, said they now intended to buy two British Scorpios.

"The (Defence) minister has also decided to buy all technical equipment needed for these vehicles to operate because they are incompatible with Russian hardware," he was quoted by the Itar-Tass news agency as saying."
BBC

I don't know, if the Russians really don't have any ROV's and need to buy all the hardware, and no doubt software to make their submarine navy viable? Hmm, shouldn't we get something in return.. I don't know. Seams to me there're fucked. Now don't anyone around here get the wrong idea. I like Russians, I like their space program, and realize that when we were up the creek, they came through for the US.

But that was Civilian and this is Military. It's their ability to service and maintain the security of their strategic submersible fleet and installations, including stuff anchored to 60 tons that I had never heard of.
So if they want our help with this little problem, they better be ready to return the favor.
I know a province they could help patrol.