No country has such icebreaker fleet as Russia’s — Putin

No country has such icebreaker fleet as Russia’s — Putin No country has any nuclear-powered icebreakers at all, said Russian PresidentMOSCOW, July 26. /TASS/. No other country in the world can boast such an icebreaker fleet as Russia’s, Russian President Vladimir Putin said. "As is well known, no other country in the world has an icebreaker fleet like ours. And as far as I know, no country has any nuclear-powered icebreakers at all," he said at a meeting with Russian Navy servicemen. 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