By the end of the year, the missile cruiser Marshal Ustinov (project 1164) is to arrive to the permanent base at the Northern Fleet after repairing and modernization at the Zvezdochka enterprise in Severodvinsk, says press center of RF Defence Ministry.
Now the cruiser is undergoing the final stage of trials in the White Sea.
The Russian Navy is equipped with 3 ships of this project – the missile cruisers Moskva at the Black Sea Fleet, Varyag at the Pacific Fleet and Marshal Ustinov at the Northern Fleet.
The ship is designed to engage large ships and strike groups of the enemy as well as to perform air defence missions within formations and convoys in remote regions of the World Ocean.