INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday gave the green light for a new nuclear-powered icebreaker, as Moscow seeks to step up commercial
Leningrad, will "take part in the most important exploration and research programs in the Arctic" as well as facilitate trade, Putin said in
a speech at a shipyard in St
nuclear agency Rosatom, is designed to carve through ice to allow trailing cargo ships easier passage through the frozen northern
seas.Russia is the only country in the world that builds and operates nuclear-powered icebreakers.
