Birgitte Higen It turned out to be easier for Norwegian divers to penetrate the hull of the boat than to obtain reliable information about the condition of the Kursk from the Russian military. Deputy Commander of the Northern Fleet, Vice Admiral Vladimir Dobroskochenko (foreground) monitors the progress of the rescue operation. (Photo: Vladimir Sergeev ) The Norwegian company Stolt Offshore, which carried out the rescue operation in the Barents Sea, is negotiating with the Russian side.

Alexander Golts The death of the Kursk showed that without reform the army will perish. But it seems we have no reformers Until all the circumstances of the Kursk disaster were clarified, Vladimir Putin refused to accept the Defense Minister’s resignation letter. But it seems that Marshal Sergeev’s position has been shaken, and someone else will implement the program for the development of the armed forces.

Press comments on the events in Ostankino Utro.Ru: Man-made disasters are sometimes fraught with political shocks. The information field, which was lost overnight for all the country's leading television channels, is what largely determined the progressive course of political life in Russia over the past few years. Many plans can be buried under the ruins of the tower, many combinations can be upset.

Dmitry Pinsker The death of the nuclear-powered submarine Kursk came in very handy for President Putin in his difficult work of reforming the vertical of power. He coolly used the tragedy to launch an attack on critics and opponents The Kursk team at the ceremonial formation on July 30, Navy Day, did not know that this parade was the last.

Evgeniy Pakhomov Rescue work on the sunken nuclear-powered icebreaker "Kursk" showed that the Russian Navy does not have divers capable of performing qualified work at great depths. And the point is not that there are no specialists. Of course, in Russia there are professionals who, if they have the appropriate equipment, can work at sea. For example, military submariners recovered the remains of a South Korean Boeing shot down near Sakhalin in 1983.

Masha Gessen Northerners are accustomed to accidents, danger and lies Laying a stone at the site where the monument to the fallen submariners will be erected. (Photo: Vladimir Sergeev ) From a journalist's point of view, closed cities fall into three categories: those that can be entered with a few packs of cigarettes, those that require money to penetrate, and those that are practically impossible to penetrate.