Floating gate system to stop water flowing back to the Neva Bay during floods was commissioned as part of St. Petersburg Flood Protection Barrier. There are two buoyant wings on either side of the navigation pass, which close the pass (main navigation channel) under the thread of flood. Floating gates were designed at CDB ME Rubin.
Annual meeting of CDB ME "Rubin" shareholders elected I.V.Vilnit Director General on June 29, 2012.
Defence Minister of the Russian Federation, Army General S.K. Shoygu visited the premises of CDB ME Rubin. The head of the military office was introduced to the progress in the works within the State Defence Order and presented the Ministerial awards to the engineers involved in the production of weapons and marine vehicles and facilities.