German television channel NTV He published an article about Russian President Vladimir Putin’s visit to the Baltic Shipyard and the construction of new Russian icebreakers, calling the names “Leningrad” and “Stalingrad” “noisy”.
As N-TV notes, the Russian president has “lofty goals” in the Arctic, the icebreaker fleet is supposed to strengthen the Russian Federation’s capabilities in this region.
“Russia, which has the world’s largest fleet of icebreakers, lays claim to mineral reserves in the Arctic,” the publication says.
January 26 Putin allowed Construction of the fifth serial universal nuclear icebreaker of project 22220 “Leningrad” will begin. The laying ceremony held at the Baltic Factory shipyard was attended by Federation Council President Valentina Matvienko, St. Petersburg Governor Alexander Beglov, Rosatom President Alexey Likhachev and VTB President Andrey Kostin attended.
The president also announced that the nuclear icebreaker Stalingrad will be landed in Russia in 2025.
Project 22220 icebreakers are the largest and most powerful icebreakers in the world. They have the ability to guide ships by breaking ice up to three meters thick en route. The missions of nuclear-powered ships include year-round navigation in the western region of the Arctic. Currently three icebreakers of this series are fully operational: Arktika, Sibir and Ural.
Putin before named The icebreaker fleet is an advantage of the Russian Federation.
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Source: Gazeta
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