Argentine sub disaster stirs bitter memories in Russia

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http://l.yimg.com/uu/api/res/1.2/RawQYxSGKSNHFgST.nqKlA--/YXBwaWQ9eXRhY2h5b247aD04Njt3PTEzMDs-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/afp.com/Part-PAR-Par8247853-1-1-0.jpg (https://www.yahoo.com/news/argentine-sub-disaster-stirs-bitter-memories-russia-094617301.html)President Vladimir Putin has offered his Argentine counterpart Mauricio Macri help in trying to find a submarine that disappeared in the South Atlantic a week ago, and dispatched a Russian military vessel to the scene. In 2000, just a few months after the former KGB officer assumed his presidential duties for the first time, Russia lost a nuclear submarine with all 118 sailors on board following a bungled rescue effort. The loss of the Kursk became the worst disaster in the history of the Russian navy and a huge embarrassment for Putin.



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