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Deal to Build Russian 60MW Icebreakers Imminent

The state nuclear power company Rosatom is about to reach a deal with United Shipbuidling Corporation on the construction of two powerful LK-60 icebreakers according to Barents Observer. The new icebreakers will be the most powerful in the world and are key instruments in Russia’s enhanced activity level in the Arctic. The report cites newspaper Kommersant as saying that after lengthy negotiations…