Nuclear reactors will be launched later.

The icebreaker was laid in the fall of 2013. The readiness of the nuclear-powered ship at the moment is 95%, Kadilov specified.

The Baltic Plant continues to manufacture two more nuclear icebreakers of project 22220. These are Sibir and Ural.

Earlier, captain of the first rank of the reserve, military expert Vasily Dandykin evaluated the Arctic icebreaker.

At the end of 2018, Vladimir Shtol, professor of the Diplomatic Academy of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in an interview with the FBA “Economics Today” appreciated the importance of the Northern Sea Route development project.