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Moscow is upbeat: The operation to raise the Kursk proceeds according to plan. But a crucial stage in the salvage operation, cutting off the sunken submarine's bow torpedo bay, has been delayed at least a week, raising new questions about just how serious the Russian government is about ever finding out just what went wrong. The delay has been explained as a failure of the Dutch-made underwater saw-chain and as the fault of rumored poor training of the Russian contingent of the diving team. Unconfirmed information that the Chief Military Prosecutor's Office (CMPO) allegedly intervened...
...Last May, Deputy Russian Premier Ilya Klebanov said on the record that the Kursk blew up on its own torpedo. However, Moscow is still reluctant to name the cause of the explosion, but keeps hinting darkly at a possible collision with a NATO...
...engine, propelled with concentrated hydrogen peroxide fuel, or HTP. Accidentally leaked HTP could have come in contact with silver or other metals present in the alloys used in submarine-building, they say, potentially resulting in a powerful explosion. This blast could then have detonated all or some of the Kursk's other torpedoes, causing the second powerful explosion that actually sank the state-of-the art nuclear cruiser a year...
...unlikely that anyone could have rescued last week's victims. Both Segodnya and Itogi had earned the Kremlin's disapproval for their clear-eyed reporting on embarrassments such as the Kursk submarine disaster and the quagmire in Chechnya. The publications were owned by Gusinsky's Sem Dnei publishing house, of which Gazprom held a 25% stake plus one share; another 25% was held by Sem Dnei's president, Dmitry Biryukov. After watching Gazprom eviscerate NTV, Biryukov parted company with Gusinsky. On Monday night, one hour before Segodnya was supposed to go to press, Biryukov told editor-in-chief Mikhail Berger...
...last few days that their move on NTV is politically motivated. They've justified this on the basis that they see NTV as a rival political party rather than simply a news outlet. So, for example, the Kremlin accused NTV of lying about the sinking of the submarine Kursk, whereas in fact they did some rather good reporting on the incident. So why are they in a mess...