Flag-raising ceremony on "Victor Chernomyrdin" icebreaker

Russian President Vladimir Putin took part in the ceremony of raising the flag on "Viktor Chernomyrdin" icebreaker. The ceremony took place on November 3 in St. Petersburg. "Victor Chernomyrdin" is one of the most powerful diesel-electric icebreakers in the world. The leading Russian TV news programme "Vremya" featured a detailed report on the event on Channel One. Part of the report describing the technical characteristics of the new icebreaker took place in the background of the building of the terminal-warehouse complex of JSC "Petersburg-Vneshtrans".