Moscow's cover-up of the Kursk submarine incident seriously damaged Russian President Vladimir Putin's prestige—and was even viewed by some as a "turning point" for modern Russia. On August 12, 2000, ...

In August 2000, the Russian nuclear submarine “ Kursk ” sailed to the Arctic Circle to participate in a scheduled military drill. The K-141 vessel ultimately sank to the bottom of the Barents Sea, ...

Model of the Kursk nuclear submarine at the Lennusadam Maritime Museum in Tallinn, Estonia. Pjotr Mahhonin/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY During his first term, Vladimir Putin had to confront a raft of ...

A top Russian official said Monday that the sunken nuclear submarine Kursk would be raised in a three-month operation, tentatively set to begin in late July. Deputy Prime Minister Ilya Klebanov, who ...

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