Moscow confirms go-ahead for giant nuclear icebreaker
The Lider-class vessel would be about twice as powerful as the generation of nuclear icebreakers currently being built, and would help allow year-round shipping on the Northern Sea Route.
March 5, 2019
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Last year, the Kremlin decreed that shipping along the Northern Sea Route should reach 80 million tons per year by 2024, and the easiest way to reach such huge amount is to boost export of oil, gas and other minerals.
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