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Friday, October 12, 2007

Aircraft carrier gives Sevmash headache

The construction of the aircraft carrier “Admiral Gorshkov” has created a complicated situation at the Sevmash construction yard in Severodvinsk, Arkhangelsk Oblast, company director Nikolay Kalistratov says.

The vessel, which is to be sold to India, has become three times more expensive than originally projected.

Mr. Kalistratov says Russian Defence Minister Anatolii Serdyukov himself will visit Severodvinsk to see the half-finished aircraft carrier.

In a recent meeting with Mr. Kalistratov, the defence minister did not name any sum of federal money, which could be added to the state-owned shipbuilding major.

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