Vladimir Putin partipates in the flag raising ceremony on the open sea diesel-electric icebreaker Viktor Chernomyrdin in St. Petersburg on Tuesday.
The Viktor Chernomyrdin, of the Icebreaker8 ice class, is the world’s largest diesel-electric icebreaker and is capable of operating in open seas through ice up to two metres thick. It has two helipads and is equipped not only to lead vessels through ice but can also be used for research expeditions and can transport containers and hazardous cargo.
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