US EditionOn This Day 25 Years Ago: Russia's Kursk Submarine Disaster
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R50/ On August 12, 2000, the Russian nuclear submarine K141-Kursk, engaged in an exercise in the Barents Sea, was shipwrecked due to the explosion of a torpedo. The hull lay on the bottom at 108 meters of depth. After many attempts of rescue, a Norwegian ship managed to hook the submarine but found no survivors among the 118 members of the crew. Here is the story of Renata Pisu released on August 23, 2000
Exactly 25 years ago, powerful explosions were heard aboard the Russian submarine Kursk. At that time, it was under the surface of the Barents Sea. From the very beginning, the authorities were very vague about the extent of the disaster of the 155-meter vessel with 118 men on board. They also initially rejected offers of foreign help. The policy of secrecy and lack of interest in ordinary people, carried over from Soviet times, provoked massive…
Kremlin overlooks the earthquake of the submarine in the Barents Sea, which claimed 118 lives and plummeted the president’s popularity three months later
The Kremlin overlooks the earthquake of the submarine in the Barents Sea, which claimed 118 lives and plummeted the president's popularity three months after he came to power
The submarine K-141 sank in the Barents Sea on August 12, 2000, during a drill
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