Vice-premier Ilya Klebanov Sets High Store By Kursk Lifting Work

Vice-Premier Ilya Klebanov highly assesses organisation of work to raise the sunken Kursk nuclear-powered submarine. According to him, methods of subsea work have been excellently arranged on the Kursk site. "Cooperation between Russian and foreign specialists is clearly productive", he noted. Conduct of the lifting operation and its final stage are the best illustration. At the present moment, Klebanov is found aboard the heavy nuclear missile cruiser the Petr Veliki.