The deadlines for the commissioning of the icebreaker “Russia” may be revised

What is an icebreaker of the Leader series

Icebreaker Rossiya is the lead nuclear-powered icebreaker of project 10510 Lider with a capacity of 120 MW, being built at the Zvezda shipbuilding complex in Bolshoy Kamen, Primorsky Krai, operated by a consortium led by Rosneft. Before the start of construction, the Leader (LK-120) was positioned as the most modern and powerful nuclear-powered icebreaker in the world, capable of providing year-round navigation along the entire Northern Sea Route. It was supposed to become a symbol of Russia’s superiority in the development of the Arctic. The first icebreaker should be commissioned in 2027, 127.6 billion rubles were allocated from the budget for its creation, follows from a government decree of January 2020. The state customer is Rosatom State Corporation, the developer is FSUE Atomflot (managed by Rosatom) ). The construction of two more serial icebreakers “Leader” is scheduled for 2023 and 2025, commissioning – in 2030 and 2032. accordingly, Alexei Bezprozvannykh, Deputy Head of the Ministry of Industry and Trade, said in 2020. But their funding has yet to be approved.