Putin showed technologies unavailable to the US, Canada and Finland
Putin showed technologies that the US, Canada and Finland do not have
Russia has confirmed the uniqueness of its domestic icebreaker-building technologies. President Vladimir Putin demonstrated this during the launching ceremony of the newest icebreaker Chukotka on November 6, Alexander Vorotnikov, coordinator of the Expert Council of the Arctic Development Project Office, explained to URA.RU.
"The creation of such powerful, modern vessels is yet another embodiment of Russia's industrial, scientific, human resources and technological potential. That is exactly how the entire domestic economy should develop - based on its own technologies and breakthrough scientific solutions," Putin said.
He noted that Chukotka became the fourth serial icebreaker of Project 22220. Already in December, here at the Baltic Shipyard in St. Petersburg, another vessel, Yakutia, will be launched. In January of this year,
. In 2025, construction of the icebreaker Stalingrad will begin.
In addition, the new generation nuclear icebreaker Lider, the most powerful one, is being built at the Zvezda shipyard in the Far East," the head of state emphasized. "The implementation of our plans to develop Arctic territories and increase cargo traffic along the Northern Sea Route directly depends on strengthening the country's icebreaker fleet."
Putin also noted that the Russian fleet currently has 34 diesel icebreakers, seven nuclear ones. Another 11 nuclear ones will be built, plus the Lider.
The head of the federal territory Sirius, Elena Shmeleva, became the "godmother" of the icebreaker Chukotka. She admitted that she hopes to conduct a scientific expedition of Sirius scientists on this vessel. And it was Shmeleva who performed the traditional ritual at the launch of a new vessel - she smashed a bottle of champagne against the side of the icebreaker.
