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Tuesday, 13 July, 2004, 14:13 GMT 15:13 UK

RUSSIAN SUB

Recovery mission

'Torpedo explosion' sank Kursk
A Russian investigator says a torpedo explosion caused the Kursk disaster, as cruise missiles are removed from the nuclear submarine.

First Kursk missiles removed

First pictures inside charred Kursk

Kursk success opens new risks

Kursk raised from sea bed

THE ACCIDENT

What caused the accident?
Theories abound about the cause of the Kursk disaster - one is that the submarine both hit the ground and exploded.

US experts: Double blast 'sank Kursk'

Kursk's final hours

The crew of the Kursk

Media struggles for Kursk truth

Kursk mother denies she was drugged

Kursk victims' slow death

RUSSIAN MILITARY

Reforming Russia's military
Russia has been attempting military reform for the last 10 years - the Kursk disaster will give the effort new impetus.

Analysis: Russia's military timebomb

Analysis: Nuclear subs here to stay

Nuclear era heightens submarine dangers

Disaster exposes military decline

POLITICAL FALLOUT

Tremors of the Kursk tragedy
Rob Parsons examines the wider implications for Russian society following the Kursk tragedy and subsequent wave of anger.

Papers end assault on Putin

Kursk relatives still waiting for answers

Russian media loses its sting

Taking the blame for Kursk

Putin's address to the nation

Putin struggles to express emotion

Divers tell of Kursk sadness