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...President ordered the Kursk raised. But the President is not professional in this field. He has to trust his advisers. But neither (Deputy Premier Ilya) Klebanov, or (Russian Navy's C-in-C Vladimir) Kuroyedov are professionals in this field either...
...offered my services as a consultant, but was turned down. I asked Kuroyedov to bring in (rescue specialist) Senatski. Kuroyedov was not even aware of his existence. But they did not want us there...
...thus nothing could endanger the divers. Then, they said there were unexploded torpedoes there. Then, they said they had meant there could be some torpedoes outside the boat, but no explosives were left inside. Then, they insisted there were no torpedoes outside. Finally, early this month, Admiral Vladimir Kuroyedov, Russian Navy's Commander-in-Chief, confirmed that there still might be unexploded torpedoes inside the boat, but he was "100 percent sure" there were no unexploded torpedoes outside...
...Commodore Igor Dygalo, Kuroyedov's spokesman, said this week that he hoped that "the process of the cutting off the bow section will commence as scheduled" -on August 20. Whether that will happen is still very much...
...quite. For crucial days, Russian officials had rejected Western offers of help, including the dispatch of U.S., French, British and Norwegian rescue equipment. Then on Wednesday, Putin ordered Admiral Vladimir Kuroyedov, the navy commander in chief, to accept help. The Russians promptly invited Norway and Britain to send equipment, but by then it was already a near certainty that any survivors would perish before the rescuers could reach the area. Indeed, shortly before the British team arrived on Saturday, the Northern Fleet commander said, "The critical line of survivability has been closed...
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