The truth about Kursk. Ustinov V.V.

On August 12, 2000, the Russian Nuclear Submarine Kursk sank in the Barents Sea, all 118 people who were on board the submarines were killed. From the moment of this tragedy, which stirred the whole world, more than fifteen years have passed, but the events of those August days still have not left anyone indifferent. The book of Vladimir Ustinov, plenipotentiary of the President of the Russian Federation in the Southern Federal District, dedicated to the circumstances of this tragedy, sets out the details of the two -year work of the investigative group, known only to the narrow circle of specialists. What exactly happened on board Kursk on that ill -fated day, what were the actions of rescue services and how professionally they worked, how the investigation was going on in this case and what ultimately caused the death of the nuclear traction - the reader will learn about all this from the lips of the former Prosecutor General RF. The author convincingly and reasonably gives answers to many questions, simultaneously setting out his own point of view of a person and citizen.