RUSSIAN GO-AHEAD FOR NUCLEAR ICEBREAKER BEHEMOTH

Atomflot’s general director Mustafa Kashka signs the icebreaker deal with Zvezda. (Credit: Rosatom).

Construction of Russia’s long-mooted, Leader-class nuclear icebreaker, specified with 120MW of propulsion power and destined for the eastern Arctic, has been awarded to Zvezda Shipbuilding Complex, writes David Tinsley.

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