Last week, Russian icebreakers appeared in the Baltic Sea near Estonia. Among them were one of the world’s largest nuclear-powered icebreakers “Sibir.”
Russian exports through the Gulf of Finland have slowed down in recent weeks due to the freezing weather conditions, which have paralyzed the transportation of metal products through Russia’s northern seaports, according to a report by Russian news outlet Kommersant.
“Today, (Russian icebreaker) ‘Kapitan Nikolaev,’ which is located north of Hiiumaa, moved out to Hiiumaa and assisted a ship that came from Russia. And now it is heading back towards Russia,” said Aare Piel, icebreaker coordinator at the Estonian Transport Administration.
“Here is (another Russian icebreaker) ‘Sibir,’ which according to our information is their most powerful icebreaker. It is currently heading east with a convoy,” added Piel.
According to Piel, until last week, the Russian icebreakers mainly operated in the Luga Bay area – a shallow bay near the southern Russian coast of the Gulf of Finland.
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