The Leader icebreaker project will be transferred to the Zvezda plant soon

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AtomInfo.Ru, PUBLISHED 02.12.2019

The project of the Leader nuclear icebreaker will be transferred to the Zvezda shipbuilding complex at the end of this year or at the beginning of next year.

This was announced in an interview with the corporate edition of Rosatom of the CKB Iceberg General Director Alexander Ryzhkov.

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