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Trip to the Northwestern Federal District
In St Petersburg Vladimir Putin took part in the naming ceremony for the Vitus Bering lead icebreaking platform supply vessel.
The President visited the Severomorsk naval base of the Northern Fleet, where he presented the Order of Nakhimov to nuclear-powered missile cruiser Pyotr Veliky. Vladimir Putin also held a videoconference with Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu, who reported from Severodvinsk on the commissioning of nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine Yury Dolgoruky into the Russian Navy.