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, sank.

Model of the Kursk nuclear submarine at the Lennusadam Maritime Museum in Tallinn, Estonia. Pjotr Mahhonin/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY During his first term, Vladimir Putin had to confront a raft of political and economic challenges, including the Chechen ...

The Government’s draft budget for 2026, and the planned budget for 2027-2028, include funding to lift the K-27 and K-159, two wrecked submarines that are resting on the seabed in the Barents Sea and Kara Sea.

PUTIN’S submarine branded a potential “floating bomb” is creeping home through the English Channel under the close watch of Nato warships. The limping sub’s sighting near the UK comes

A RUSSIAN submarine capable of carrying nuclear weapons suffered a “serious accident” in the Mediterranean, according to reports. Fuel is now said to be leaking from Putin’s

A top Russian official said Monday that the sunken nuclear submarine Kursk would be raised in a three-month operation, tentatively set to begin in late July. Deputy Prime Minister Ilya Klebanov, who heads the commission investigating the Kursk tragedy ...

ABOARD THE <i>S.S. KLAVDIYA YELANSKAYA, </i>July 17 -- Naval engineers using a remote-control, deep-sea vessel conducted exploratory work today at the site where the Kursk nuclear submarine sank, laying the groundwork for a two-month operation to raise the ...