The Arctic as a resource base
What’s wrong with Russia’s official documents on the Arctic.
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Publish date: August 23, 2006
Written by: Igor Kudrik
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The operation is going as planned, as the first Victor-I class nuclear submarine was loaded onboard the Transshelf ship.
In total two Victor-I class submarines will be shipped from the shipyard in Polyarny on the Kola Peninsula to Zvezdochka shipyard in Severodvinsk, in the Arkhangelsk Region, for dismantlement.
The third submarine, The November class submarine, will be later transported from Gremikha, a former naval base on the eastern coast of the Kola Peninsula, to Polyarny shipyard for dismantlement.
What’s wrong with Russia’s official documents on the Arctic.
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