According to TASS with reference to the chairman of the Committee on Social Policy of St. Petersburg Alexander Rzhanenkov, in the city with the participation of relatives of the victims will be held flower-laying ceremonies, rallies and memorial services.
“Together these days we want to pay more attention to the relatives of the victims. Today we must do everything possible to protect our servicemen in the fleet, all those who are nearby, so that this does not happen in any way, and honor the memory, ”Rzhanenkov said.
The nuclear submarine Kursk sank on 12 August 2000 during an exercise in the Barents Sea. All 118 crew members were killed.
As Russian leader Vladimir Putin noted, the disaster was "a manifestation of the general state of the armed forces."