The Kursk accident
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Russian nuclear-powered Oscar-II class cruise missile submarine, the Kursk, sank just outside the cost of the Kola Peninsula east of Murmansk on August 12th 2000 taking the life of 118 sailors. The submarine was raised in October 2001 to be later defuelled and scrapped. The official reason for the accident was said to be torpedo explosion.
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Alexander Raube
photo: strana.ru
The families of the crewmembers of the Kursk submarine which sank in the Barents Sea in August 2000 have filed an appeal to the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg, the RIA-Novosti news agency reported on January 20.
On May 5th, the most important stage in Kursk decommissioning was completed.
Three compartments of Kursk submarine assembled in one block have been presented for inspection to the special commission, Northern Saturday Newspaper from Severodvinsk reported.