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Russia Launches World’s Largest Icebreaker

The largest nuclear-powered icebreaker in the world has been put to sea and left St. Petersburg for Murmansk, the RIA-Novosti news agency quoted a spokesman for a St. Petersburg-based ship as saying.

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April 4, 2007

Bosphorus Strait Closed After Russian Ship Crash

The Bosphorus Bridge

The Bosphorus Strait was closed to vessel traffic as a Russian-flagged cargo ship crashed against a construction pontoon in the Turkish city of Istanbul late on Tuesday, Xinhua news agency reports.

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November 29, 2006

Russian Ship Takes N. Korean Schooner in Tow in Sea of Japan

Russia’s dry cargo vessel Medinenkai has taken a North Korean schooner in tow after its propeller got entangled in fishing nets, a spokesman for Vladivostok’s rescue coordination center told Interfax on Friday.

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November 24, 2006