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| Jul.14 |
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Russia reintroduces Arctic warship patrols| Russia is sending warships to patrol Arctic waters for the first time since the breakup of the Soviet Union | |
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| Sep.20 |
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Arctic seabed 'belongs to Russia' A Russian expedition 'has proved' that a ridge of mountains below the Arctic Ocean is part of Russia's continental shelf
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| Aug.1 |
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Russia to sink flag in land grab| An expedition aimed at strengthening Russia's claim to much of the oil and gas wealth reached the North Pole | |
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| Oct.18 |
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Fleeing trawler heads for Russia Norwegian ships are chasing the Elektron across the Arctics after it fled an inspection with 2 inspectors on board
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| Aug.12 |
Russia |
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 Russia marks Kursk five years on| Remembrance services are being held to mark 5 years since the loss of the submarine | |
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| Mar.16 |
Russia |
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58 dead in apartment blast A natural gas explosion sheared off part of a 9-story building in the city of Arkhangelsk as residents slept
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| Mar.6 |
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Dramatic rescue of North Pole 12 12 stranded scientists have been plucked from a research station all but crushed by a freak wall of ice
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| Aug.29 |
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 Nuclear submarine sinks| A Russian sub K-159 with at least 10 crew on board has sunk in the Barents Sea. One of the crew had been rescued | |
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| Jul.26 |
Russia |
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Torpedo fuel to blame for Kursk loss Leaky torpedo fuel caused the explosions. The exploding blank torpedo caused the other blasts
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| Nov.16 |
Russia |
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Kursk remains to be scrapped Submarine's reactor to be cut out and the hulk will be scrapped
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| Nov.5 |
Russia |
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Explosives halt Kursk lifting Investigators saw undetonated explosives around submarine forward section
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| Oct.25 |
Russia |
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Kursk gives up its dead Investigators have recovered 3 bodies after entering the nuclear submarine for the first time
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| Oct.23 |
Russia |
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Kursk investigators examine sub Prosecutor General has led a team of investigators onto the deck. Remains of more than 100 men to recover
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| Oct.7 |
Russia |
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  Raising of the Kursk begins Dutch salvage company Mammoet started the operation to raise the wreck of the sunken Russian sub
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| Sep.13 |
Russia |
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Kursk bow sawn off Attempt to lift Russian nuclear submarine to be scheduled for 25 September
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| Aug.25 |
Russia |
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Race against time to raise Kursk Unusual stormy weather is causing delays
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| Jul.24 |
Russia |
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Kursk radiation threat denied Russian engineers said there was no chance of a leak
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| Jul.22 |
Russia |
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Holes cut in to Kursk hull Diving teams had been working on the wreck in 6-hour shifts around-the-clock
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| Jul.21 |
Russia |
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Divers begin Kursk recovery The first group of divers has descended to the bottom of the Barents Sea in a diving bell
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| Jul.18 |
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First stage Kursk salvage complete Debris has been cleared from sub by using an unmanned remote-controlled vessel
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| Jul.17 |
Russia |
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Kursk site tested Engineers are using a remote-control, deep-sea vessel. 25 deep-sea divers arrived in the Barents Sea
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| Aug.12 |
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Kursk submarine went down| All 118 crew members on board the nuclear submarine perished when the Kursk exploded and sank | |
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