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Repair with the modernization of the aircraft carrier cruiser Admiral Kuznetsov will cost almost 40 billion rubles. This was reported by TASS with reference to a source in the defense and industrial complex.

The work will be carried out by OJSC "Center for Ship Republic" Zvezdochka. "In September," Asterisk "will sign a contract with the fleet for the second stage of repair with the modernization of Admiral Kuznetsov. The transaction price has already been agreed - it is almost 40 billion rubles. The work will begin in the same month at the 35th shipyard in Roslyakovo near Murmansk, ”the source said.

It is assumed that the work will last three years and several months. They are planned to be completed in the fourth quarter of 2020.

“During the repair and modernization on the aircraft -wing cruiser, its granite missile system will be replaced by Caliber -NK missile system,” the source said. Universal vertical launchers of the complex were also unified under the launch of Onyx supersonic cruise missiles and hypersons “zircon”.

During modernization, the entire electromechanical part, including the main motor installation, will be repaired on the ship. The runway will also be modernized. The cruiser’s air group will remain mixed, it will still include heavy Su-33 fighters and light MiG-29K/cube.

On March 17, sources reported that the repair of Admiral Kuznetsov, who returned in February from a combat campaign to the shores of Syria, could take about five years and cost the state more than 20 billion rubles . On the eve of the need to send the cruiser for repairs, the Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin announced. During the defect, it will be necessary to determine the condition of the ship, its individual units, and power plant. Rogozin recalled that before going to Syria, the task of preparing the ship was quickly solved, "work on the repair of the arsenal, the creation of systems combining a ship with a new air wing." Now it will be necessary to restore the system of shock weapons and carry out additional repairs.

Earlier it became known that Russia spent from 7.5 to 10 billion rubles on the Syrian campaign of Kuznetsov and escort ships. As RBC calculated , the cost of the campaign includes food expenses, fuel, combat sorties, the cost of lost deck fighters and "combat" allowances. The real cost of the campaign may be greater, since the data on the use of the underwater fleet and the weapons of the group of ships during the operation were not published by the military department.

The campaign in the Mediterranean Admiral Kuznetsov began on October 15, 2016. On November 15, the Aviation Office "Admiral Kuznetsov" struck the first blows to Syria . During the Middle Eastern campaign, the aircraft carrier lost two aircraft. On November 14, the MiG-29 fighter crashed when landing . The pilot jumped with a parachute. On December 5, the Su-33 fighter rolled out of the deck and collapsed into the water. The pilot catapulted.