NAME: RUS SUBMARINE 20081109Ix TAPE: EF08/1130 IN_TIME: 10:38:42:13 DURATION: 00:03:26:16 SOURCES: RU-24/AP TELEVISION DATELINE: Various, 9 Nov 2008/FILE RESTRICTIONS: See Shotlist SHOTLIST AP TELEVISION NEWS FILE: Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia - 07 August 2005 ++ NOT THE ACTUAL VESSEL INVOLVED ++ 1. Various of a submarine of a similar type to that involved in the accident RU-24 - NO ACCESS RUSSIA Moscow - 09 November 2008 2. SOUNDBITE: (Russian) Captain Igor Dygalo, Russian Navy Spokesman: ++ SIMULTANIOUS TRANSLATION IN ENGLISH ++ "On the 8th November one of the nuclear submarines, during sea trials in the polygon of the Pacific fleet in area of the Japanese Sea, as a result of the malfunction of the fire extinguishing system in the first and the second sections, more than 20 people have died and 21 people have been injured. Among the dead are shipyard contractors and military servicemen. The nuclear submarine is not a part of the fleet and was on a trial, a factory trial. The enrolment into the naval fleet was supposed to happen at the end of this year. On board the submarine there were contractors of the factory, representatives of the (NOT DISTINGUISHABLE) agencies as well as 81 military servicemen. The submarine is not damaged. The sections were ventilated. I would like to emphasise especially that the main energy device, I mean the nuclear section works properly. Radiation levels are normal. According to the instruction of the Chief Commander of the fleet the trials were suspended. The decision was made to return the submarine to the temporary base in the Primorsky region. At present, the submarine is operating on its own, it has been escorted by a rescue ship. The 21 people who were injured were evacuated on board the large ship Admiral Tributs. At present this people have been delivered to shore and placed in hospitals in order to receive qualified medical assistance. On board the submarine, I would like to emphasise one again, there were 208 people. 81 of them were military servicemen. According to the instruction of the Defence Minister of the Russian Federation the temporary base of the submarine... the first deputy of the Defence Ministry Alexander Kolmakov - went to this temporary base as well as the Chief-Commander of the fleet Mr. Vysotsky". AP TELEVISION NEWS FILE: Severomorsk Nuclear Submarine Base, Kola Penninsula, Russia - date unknown ++ NOT THE ACTUAL VESSEL INVOLVED ++ 3. Various of a submarine of a similar type to that involved in the accident. STORYLINE A new Russian nuclear-powered submarine had a problem with its fire safety system on a test run in the Sea of Japan, sparking an accident that killed at least 20 people and injured 22 others, Russian officials said on Sunday. It was Russia's worst naval accident since torpedo explosions sank another nuclear-powered submarine, the Kursk, in the Barents Sea in 2000, killing all 118 seamen aboard. The submarine was not damaged in Saturday's accident and went back to its base on Russia's Pacific coast under its own power, escorted by a rescue vessel, Russian navy spokesman Captain Igor Dygalo said Sunday. The nuclear reactor aboard the submarine was operating normally and radiation levels were normal, he said. State-run Rossiya television said the submarine went to Bolshoi Kamen, a military shipyard and a navy base near Vladivostok. Dygalo said the deaths and injuries were due to a malfunction of the firefighting system in the two sections of the submarine closest to the bow. The nuclear reactor that powers the sub was not threatened, he added. It was unclear what activated the fire-extinguishing system. The system is designed to release Freon coolant, Russian news agencies quoted an official with Russia's top investigative agency as saying. Dygalo said more than 20 people were killed, including sailors and workers from the shipyard that built it, and that 21 were injured and hospitalised. He said the submarine had 208 people aboard, including 81 servicemen. Officials did not reveal the name of the submarine, which Dygalo said was to be commissioned by the navy later this year. Yet an unnammed official at the Amur Shipbuilding Factory said the submarine was built there and is called the Nerpa, the state-run RIA-Novosti news agency reported. Testing on the submarine began last month and it submerged for the first time last week, the agency said. First Deputy Defence Minister Alexander Kolmakov and navy chief Admiral Vladimir Vysotsky were heading for the Pacific Coast in the wake of the accident, Dygalo said. The Kremlin said President Dmitry Medvedev was told about the accident immediately and ordered a thorough investigation. Saturday's accident came as the Kremlin flexes its military muscle and seeks to restore Russia's naval reach, part of a drive to show off the nuclear-armed country's clout amid strained ties with the West. A naval squadron is headed to Venezuela for joint exercises this month in a show of force near US waters. Despite a major boost in military spending during Vladimir Putin's eight years as president, Russia's military is still hampered by decrepit infrastructure, aging weapons and problems with corruption and incompetence.

Kotelnicheskaya Embankment Building, "Seven Sisters"

Aerial view of Moscow State University on a winter day with bare trees and cars on city streets in the foreground.

Aerial view of Moscow State University on a winter day.

Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia main building built in 1948 - 1953 by architects V. Ghelfreih and M. Minkus. Moscow, Russia.

Main building of Lomonosov Moscow State University, also known as MGU (MSU). Moscow, Russia.

Aerial view of Moscow State University on a winter day.

Seven Sisters

A bird's-eye view of MSU – Moscow State University (MGU – Moskovskiy Gosudarstvenniy Universitet)

A bird's-eye view of Kudrinskaya Square Building at Krasnopresnenskaya

Fountain in front of main building of Lomonosov Moscow State University, also known as MGU (MSU). Moscow, Russia.

Kotelnicheskaya Embankment Building in downtown Moscow, Russia. The apartment building is one of the famous Seven Sisters which are historical buildings in Moscow from the Stalin era of the 1930s.

Kotelnicheskaya Embankment Building in downtown Moscow, Russia. The apartment building is one of the famous Seven Sisters which are historical buildings in Moscow from the Stalin era of the 1930s.