EconomyChina, India ready to partner with Russia on merchant icebreaker fleet, official says
Presidential aide Igor Levitin says China and India have proposed cooperating with Russia to build a merchant icebreaker fleet, followed by localized production in Russia, to support maritime transit through the Russian Arctic. He says foreign partners are needed because Russia is not yet ready for shipbuilding on such a scale.
China, India ready to partner with Russia on merchant icebreaker fleet, official says