The story of the Kursk is not finished. We have only raised the very first questions and conclusions. The main conclusion is that the government does not respect any of us -- and so it is lying. And the main thing is that the government treats us this way only because we allow it to." a b c Barany, Zoltan (2007). Democratic Breakdown and the Decline of the Russian Military. Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press. p.32. ISBN 9781400828043. Once the human remains had been removed and the hull had been thoroughly investigated, the remainder of the ship was transported to Sayda Bay on the northern Kayla Peninsula. The two nuclear reactors were defuelled and the ship was cut up for scrap. [8] Wines, Michael (27 February 2001). "Russian Sub's Officer Wrote Of Torpedo Blast, Izvestia Says". New York Times . Retrieved 19 February 2014. But, as depicted in the film, the once-powerful Russian Navy was vastly depleted and under crippling financial strain by 2000. “Twenty years ago for this exercise we had three times this number of ships,” says Admiral Grudzinsky (Peter Simonischek) as he looks on the fleet.

What followed was a media storm, with accusations of a cover up and a major political misfire by the newly elected President Vladmir Putin, who had refused to cut short his holiday while his submariners were dying. How the submersible - even if it can be located and assuming the hull is intact and the men alive - can be brought to the surface is unclear.

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The importance and the need to understand the Kursk submarine disaster is not just because of the mishap that occurred but also because of the very nature of the naval vessel and the theories that followed its sinking in the Barents Sea on the 12 th August 2000, 11.28 am as per the local Russian time.

Moore, Robert (2002), A Time to Die: The Untold Story of the Kursk Tragedy. Crown Publishers NY, NY. ISBN 978-0609610008

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He didn’t know how to deal with it, and therefore he tried to avoid dealing with it,” Belton quotes the former Putin ally as saying. “The Norwegians and others were calling in with offers of help. But he did not want them to uncover that everyone was dead, and so he just refused the help -- which, of course, made everything worse.” Russian Sub Has 'Terrifying Hole' ". 18 August 2000. Archived from the original on 1 January 2011 . Retrieved 31 January 2014.