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Publish date: May 12, 2004
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The new submarine of project 955 Borey Class will be called Alexander Nevsky. Russian prince Alexander Nevsky (1220-1263) secured the west frontiers of Russia in the result of victorious battles with Sweden and Teutonic Knights. It is planned to equip Alexander Nevsky with the rescue chamber for the whole crew of 100 submariners. The sub will be armed with modern ballistic missiles, torpedoes and antiaircraft missiles. Vladimir Zdornov headed its design development at the St Petersburg Rubin submarine design bureau. The submarine should be completed in 2008, ITAR-TASS reported.
The last nuclear submarine of Borey class Yuriy Dolgoruky was laid down at the Sevmash plant on November 2, 1996, and it should join the navy in 2006, daily Krasnaya Zvezda reported. In the current century Borey class submarines are destined to become the foundation of the Russian navy together with project 971 nuclear multipurpose submarines. According to the Russian navy Chief Commander Vladimir Kuroyedov, the Russian navy should have in operation from 12 to 15 strategic and 50 multipurpose nuclear submarines, ITAR-TASS reported.
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.