The Kursk day
Posted Monday, 11 Aug 2014 by Pavel K. Baev
Tommorow is indeed the Kursk day 鈥� it was on August 12, 2000 that the proud but unfortunate submarine sunk after an explosion on board during exercises in the Barents Sea. This picture of its crew (from a ) marks a moment of remembrace.
It is rather striking that on the eve of this day, Russian Defence Ministrythat a US submarine was found lurking in the Barents Sea 鈥� and duly chased away.
It is even more striking, that on the same day President Putin held a video conference with the off-shore platform West Alfa in the Kara Sea and praised cooperation with Exxon Mobil (鈥溾��) that made it possible to start drilling for oil in those difficult waters. This performsance was important in demonstrating that the sanctions were not disrupting , but in fact, Rosneft has.
In Moscow, the policy-makers apparently do not see a conflict between assertive statements on in the Arctic and pledges to cultivate cooperation. The Kursk tells a different story.
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