Moscow's cover-up of the Kursk submarine incident seriously damaged Russian President Vladimir Putin's prestige—and was even viewed by some as a "turning point" for modern Russia. On August 12, 2000, ...

On the twelfth of August 2000, the Russian navy held its most massive naval exercise since the fall of the Soviet Union. Due to a technical error the “unsinkable” Russian submarine, the Kursk, well, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Model of the Kursk nuclear submarine at the Lennusadam Maritime Museum in Tallinn, Estonia. Pjotr Mahhonin/Wikimedia Commons, CC ...

The Kursk’s loss of its 118-person crew makes it one of the deadliest in modern history. In August 2000, the Russian nuclear submarine “Kursk” sailed to the Arctic Circle to participate in a scheduled ...

“Zelensky’s decision to expose the cream of his army to occupy a piece of vacant wasteland in the world’s largest country, to supposedly strengthen his bargaining power with Putin, could backfire.

MOSCOW — Sailors in dress uniforms stood at attention on a ship's deck Friday as wreaths were tossed into the gray sea to honor 118 of their comrades who perished five years ago when the nuclear ...

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