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Publish date: March 12, 1998
Written by: Igor Kudrik
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On October 25, 1996, construction started on the Borey-class Uriy Dolgoruky, a forth generation strategic nuclear submarine, in Severodvinsk. The submarine received no funding in 1997, thus moving the commissioning schedule from the year 2001 to an uncertain 2002 or 2003. The price tag for the boat is now estimated at more than 2 billion USD.
According to the initial Navy plans, one submarine of this class would be laid down each year beginning in 1997. Funding shortfalls hampered the implementation of these plans.
According to David Pashaev, director of Sevmash shipbuilding yard in Severodvinsk, the scarce financing is also due to the strong lobbing from the supporters of land-based strategic Topol-class rocket launchers. The latter earned some fame last November for a failed launch of a submarine ballistic missile prototype from Nenoksa launch field in Archangel county.
Recent attacks on Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant "mark the beginning of a new and gravely dangerous front of the war," the UN atomic agency's director general said last week.
After years of inaction, Germany is working on its Carbon Management Strategy to resolve how CCS can play a role in climate action in industry. At the end of February, the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action published first key points and a proposal to amend the law Kohlenstoffdioxid Speicherungsgesetz (KSpG). Bellona Deutschland, who was actively involved in the previous stakeholder dialogue submitted a statement in the association hearing.
In the midst of a global discussion on whether natural gas should be used as a transitional fuel and whether emissions from its extraction, production, transport and use are significantly less than those from other fossil fuels, Russia has developed ambitious plans to increase its own production of liquified natural gas (LNG) in the Arctic – a region with 75% of proven gas reserves in Russia – to raise its share in the international gas trade.
In this news digest, we monitor events that impact the environment in the Russian Arctic. Our main focus lies in identifying the factors that contribute to pollution risks and climate change.