Kursk was given another guarantee
But they don't give me any money yet
Yesterday, the government signed a document that guarantees an international consortium payment for work to raise the Kursk nuclear submarine. State Duma deputy Grigory Tomchin, who is a member of the state commission to investigate the causes of the nuclear-powered ship disaster, announced this at yesterday's press conference at Interfax. According to him, work on signing a contract for lifting the submarine will be completed in the coming days. “I am almost sure that the issue of financing the work by the Russian side has finally been resolved,” said Mr. Tomchin. However, he clarified that the most preferable time for signing the contract - March - has already been missed. “Now the main task is to sign the contract this month,” the deputy noted. Only in this case will it be possible to have time to efficiently carry out the entire complex of preparatory work preceding the operation to raise the Kursk in late August - early September.
However, until now, representatives of the international consortium have refused to sign the contract until real money arrives in their accounts, and to accept any guarantees.
IVAN Kommersant-SAFRONOV

Newspaper "Kommersant" No. 62 dated 04/07/2001, page 1

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Ivan Safronov