Russia mum on 鈥榮ub鈥 fire details
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The Kremlin yesterday said details of a fire that killed 14 crew on a deep-water submersible will not be made public because they include classified information.
The seamen died on Monday in Russia鈥檚 territorial waters in the country鈥檚 far-north.
Officials have given little information about the vessel or the circumstances of the accident, with local media reporting the vessel was a secretive nuclear-powered mini-submarine.
鈥淭his information cannot be made public completely,鈥 Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said of the disaster. 鈥淚t belongs to the category of state secrets.鈥
Peskov said that Russian President Vladimir Putin was informed immediately after the fire.
鈥淚t is completely normal when this kind of information is not made public,鈥 Peskov said, adding that this was 鈥渨ithin the law of the Russian Federation.鈥
Peskov said that 鈥渘o decision has been made鈥 about a period of mourning in the northern Russian region.
The defense ministry said the 14 crew members were killed by inhaling poisonous fumes after a fire broke out on a 鈥渟cientific research deep-sea submersible鈥 studying the seafloor. Putin has ordered a full investigation into the 鈥渢ragedy.鈥
He appointed Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu to travel to Severomorsk, the restricted-access military port in the Russian Arctic, and direct the probe.
Meeting Shoigu on Tuesday, Putin said the submersible was 鈥渘ot an ordinary vessel.鈥
鈥淎s we know, it鈥檚 a scientific-research vessel, its crew is highly professional,鈥 he said.
He said the victims included seven Captain First Rank officers 鈥 the most senior staff officers in the Russian navy 鈥 and two have been awarded Hero of Russia, a top presidential title.
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