Who will own the russian nuclear cruiser "Admiral Ushakov"?

The idea of this paper has appeared during the international conference concerning the destiny of the nuclear-powered cruiser "Admiral Ushakov" which took place in Severodvinsk this year. Among the participants there were both representatives of the countries, assisting Russia in ecological programs, and the local experts. The problem has appeared long time ago.

Decommissioned cruiser moored at the shipyard «Zvezdochka» (Severodvinsk) is rusting for years, her systems and gears are in a complete decay, the buoyancy is decreasing and all this sounds quite naturally in recent Russia. No funds for cruisers utilisation!

Russians look with hope to the West, already helping to scrap the old nuclear submarines. The West is well motivated. Ecology problems are common. In case of nuclear accident with obsolete weapons not only Russians will be losers. But scrapping of such enormous ship like nuclear-powered cruiser is many expensive and complicated tasks than submarine utilisation. Who can boast by experience of this kind?

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