Kursk Rescue Plans Coming
President Vladimir Putin will formally announce plans to raise the nuclear submarine Kursk when he meets European Union leaders this weekend. "It will be the first time that the president of the Russian Federation will announce this," Rio Praaning, secretary general of the Kursk Foundation, said. Kursk sank in the Barents Sea last August killing all 118 men on board. The 150-m (492-ft.) vessel has remained at the bottom of the sea, 100 m below the surface, ever since. Russia plans to raise the submarine at the end of August or in September before Autumn weather makes the operation impossible. Late last year divers recovered 12 bodies from the wreck and the new plan has the aim of recovering the other victims still on board as well as clearing a major environmental hazard from the seabed.
Russia to Raise Doomed Kursk Submarine
Russia said it will announce final plans next week to raise the Kursk submarine, which sunk last year with 118 crew on board, a senior cabinet minister said on Friday. Russian authorities have promised since the nuclear-powered submarine sunk that they would raise it from its position about 43.5 miles north of the Russian port Murmansk and 328 ft. (100 m) beneath the surface of the Barents Sea. The date and technical details for the project will be set on Monday, officials said. They added that guarantees for government funding would also be provided Plans previously called for the wreck to be raised in August or September. The Kursk…
