OREANDA-NEWS. March 19, 2008.The chief command of the Navy gives high priority to the development of nuclear strategic missile submarines and diesel submarines, the assistant to the chief commander of the Navy Igor Dygalo said on Tuesday.

“In the last two years we have started to build nuclear submarine of the fourth generation “Vladimir Monomakh” and diesel submarine “Sevastopol.” Today, the Russian Navy has highly efficient nuclear and diesel submarines,” Dygalo said.