The nuclear-powered icebreaker Taimyr is escorting the tanker Arctic Char to the Northern edge of the White Sea, the icebreaker owner Atomflot said.
The Taimyr was deployed in the White Sea instead of another icebreaker Russia, which is now bound to the Gulf of Finland to replace there the flagship of Russian nuclear-powered fleet "50 Years of Victory."
The Taimyr will be operating in the area to ensure safe shipping to the port of Vitino.