With a clear aim to boost shipping along the country's northern coast, Russia is building more nuclear icebreaker ships that can cut through the frozen Arctic Ocean. Top Officials of Russia's Nuclear ...

The third serial universal nuclear-powered icebreaker Yakutia begins its first regular voyage today (April 15, 2025). The icebreaker Yakutia wi ...

This summer will see record low Arctic ice and Russia has stolen a march on militarizing the strategic region.

Russia is expected to increase its fleet of icebreakers as there could be large-scale expansion of the Northern Sea Route for trade. Rosatom Director General Alexei Likhachev recently suggested that ...

An icebreaker does not transport cargo, so we need a cargo fleet. I understand that we do not have enough capacity to meet the demand for cargo vessels in advance, and this is where international ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin also visited the International Arctic Forum, where he heard from Director General of FSUE GlavSevmorput Sergey Zybko that at the time there were 50 vessels in the ...

As sailors hoisted a Russian flag above the icebreaker Yakutia, the gigantic vessel was hailed by Vladimir Putin as both an economic and military triumph. The nuclear-powered ship, designed to ...

The Russian agencies, quoting documents associated with the launch, said the Perm is the first nuclear-powered submarine to be equipped with Zircon missiles as a standard feature.

The warship is not an icebreaker, but has an ice-reinforced hull much like the Norwegian Coast Guard vessel KV Svalbard and the Canadian Harry DeWolf class Coast Guard vessels. Russia will get four ...

Russia's Vostok Base in Antarctica has opened a new winter complex, the Institute of Arctic and Antarctic Studies (AARI) said in a statement: ”A new winter complex has been put into operation at ...