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The deputy of the Yabloko faction in the State Duma Alexei Melnikov
made the following statement in an interview available
on the Yabloko server today:
Yabloko thinks that the officials
of the Government and the Navy should not make any
assumptions that the crew of the submarine “Kursk”
is dead until all rescue possibilities have been exhausted.
At present there are still such possibilities, they
are related only to international assistance.
We will be able, however, to discuss
for a long time to come the reasons for the submarine
disaster, the condition of its hull and other technical
details. This is important information, which people
are waiting for. But we should bear in mind that the
fate of the people is a special issue – the families
of the crew are waiting for them and it is inadmissible
to deprive these people of any hope, until every available
chance of rescuing the crew has been used.
It is bewildering and disgraceful
that the crew of the “Kursk” began to be buried at
the very moment when a rescue operation with the participation
of Norwegian and British rescue teams was about to
start. Nothing prevents the Government or the leadership
of the Navy from issuing a statement about the end
of the operation.
The Yabloko Association believes that
hope is not completely lost yet and refuses to believe
that the sailors of the “Kursk” submarine have died.
The technical statements of Vice-Admiral M. Motsak
or the reasoning of Deputy Prime Minister I. Klebanov
about the alleged “theoretical chances” for the rescue
of the sailors are obviously not based on sufficient
facts.
See also:
Telegramme of
Grigory Yavlinsky to the Headquarters of the Northern
Fleet
Yabloko
proposes establishment of a State Duma commission
to investigate the situation around “Kursk”
Catalogue
of lies that added to tragedy
The Yabloko
faction insists on an independent parliamentary enquiry
into the causes of the “Kursk” submarine disaster
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