According the Voice of Russia, Russian President Vladimir Putin has unveiled plans to create a highly technological shipbuilding industry.
Addressing the solemn ceremony of giving a name to a new multi-purpose supply ice-breaker of the Vitus Bering class in St. Petersburg on Thursday, Putin reminded the gathering that Russia’s icebreaking fleet is the largest in the world.
The Vitus Bering icebreaker produced at a shipbuilding plant in Vyborg in cooperation with Finland was floated out last June.Russia will use modern multi-functional ships of this series in oil-rich far-eastern seas.
Source: The Voice of Russia