Artur Chilingarov, member of State Duma, first deputy head of United Russia parliamentary group

— Atomflot need strategically thinking manager and Vyacheslav Ruksha is the one

On June 6 Director General of Rosatom State Nuclear Energy Corporation Sergey Kiriyenko appointed Vyacheslav Ruksha as Acting Director of Atomflot FSUE.

I personally know Vyacheslav Ruksha. We went on expeditions together. I knew him when he was the director general of Murmansk Sea Shipping Company. It is due to his effort that we have managed to preserve our nuclear fleet. In the 1990s, when everything was falling down, we needed an undertaking and brave manager. Ruksha was the one.

Now that Atomflot is being placed under Rosatom’s management – i.e. under the management of the state – we need a person who can think strategically. Ruksha have already proved that he can do this. He is a real professional and has big experience of work in this sphere.

Note

The President of the Russian Federation has decreed to include Atomflot FSUE in the list of companies whose property will be owned by Rosatom State Nuclear Energy Corporation on behalf of the Russian Federation.

In late Aug 2008 Atomflot FSUE will be given control over all the nuclear icebreakers of Russia: Lenin (1959), Arktika (1975), Siberia (1978), Russia (1985), Taymyr (1988), Soviet Union (1988), Vaygach (1990), Yamal (1992) and 50 Years Since Victory (2007).