Via videoconference, he took part in the ceremony of launching the Yakutia nuclear icebreaker and hoisting the State Flag of the Russian Federation on the Ural nuclear icebreaker.
The new nuclear-powered ships were built at the Baltic Shipyard in St. Petersburg by order of the state corporation Rosatom. They belong to Project 22220, which creates the largest and most powerful icebreaking ships in the world, and their main task is to ensure year-round navigation in the Arctic.