In a last move as PM, Russia’s Medvedev secured funding for the first Lider-class icebreaker
The ship will be significantly larger than any previous icebreaker.
On January 15, the same day he delivered his resignation, former Russian Prim minister Dmitry Medvedev signed a resolution allocating 127 billion rubles (€1.85 billion) to build a nuclear-powered icebreaker bigger and more powerful than anything that previously has sailed in icy Arctic waters.
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