Head of major Russian shipyard dies suddenly, no cause given - Yahoo News

(Reuters) - A large Russian shipyard that specialises successful gathering non-nuclear submarines said its wide manager had died abruptly connected Saturday aft 11 years successful the job, but gave nary details.

Admiralty Shipyards, based successful the occidental larboard of St Petersburg, announced the decease of Alexander Buzakov successful a statement. He had been successful the occupation since August 2012.

His main achievement, it said, had been preserving and strengthening the shipyard's bid books for modern non-nuclear submarines, aboveground ships and heavy h2o vehicles.

Tass quality bureau said the shipyard is gathering improved Kilo-class diesel-powered submarines susceptible of launching Kalibr cruise missiles.

In April, Moscow said it had utilized a diesel submarine successful the Black Sea to onslaught Ukrainian subject targets with Kalibrs.

The shipyard said Buzakov graduated successful 1980 and had much than 40 years of experience, indicating helium had been successful his mid-sixties erstwhile helium died. St Petersburg is the location metropolis of President Vladimir Putin.

(Reporting by David Ljunggren; Editing by Daniel Wallis)