A Russian navy official admits that the Kursk is on the seabed. It is claimed radio contact was made with submarine. This is later denied - the only way that survivors can communicate with their ...

One such similarly high profile accident is the sinking of the Kursk, a Russian nuclear submarine that exploded in 2000. As a vessel, the Kursk was nothing short of impressive and would have been ...

A gripping new documentary has shed fresh light on the Kursk submarine disaster - one of Russia's most tragic military failures - and how it cemented Vladimir Putin's reputation as a leader who ...

A second explosion caused the Kursk to start sinking. Putin refused international help for five days. He said on August 16 that the Russian navy was doing all it could to rescue the crew ...

It’s something seen since his earliest days in power — starting with the sinking 24 years ago of a nuclear submarine that was named for the Battle of Kursk. On Aug. 19, 2000, less than a year ...

Recall the failed coup against Mikhail Gorbachev in August 1991, which precipitated the final collapse of the USSR; the 1998 rouble crisis; the sinking of the submarine Kursk in 2000; and the 2008 ...

said Ukraine’s attack on Kursk has ended “any possibility” of peace negotiations. Ukrainian military officials say they have sunk a Russian submarine and hit a Russian airfield. Aug. 4 ...

MOSCOW (AP) _ British, Scandinavian and Russian divers on Friday arrived at the site where the Kursk nuclear submarine sank and began preparations for recovering the remains of its 118 crewmen ...

While the Kursk submarine disaster remains one of the most well-known nuclear submarine tragedies, it is not the only sunken nuclear sub in history. This video explores 8 other nuclear submarines that ...

It's something seen since his earliest days in power — starting with the sinking 24 years ago of a nuclear submarine that was named for the Battle of Kursk. On Aug. 19, 2000, less than a year ...