Navy vets vouch for commander accused in submarine accident
The St. Petersburg Submariners Club has started collecting signatures to supplement an open letter to the government in defense of Nerpa submarine commander Dmitry Lavrentyev and pilot Dmitry Grobov, who are accused of having negligently caused a major submarine accident in 2008.
Court refuses to return case on nuclear submarine to prosecutor
On Friday the Pacific Fleet Military Court dismissed an appeal filed by the accused in the Nerpa nuclear submarine accident. They had requested that their criminal case be returned to the prosecutor as part of the case's reconsideration, Dmitry Prokopenko told RIA Novosti.
First jury hearing of fatal submarine accident set for August 17
The Pacific Fleet Military Court has scheduled the first jury hearing to reconsider the accident on the Nerpa nuclear submarine for August 17.
Accused submarine accident perpetrators appeal military court judgment
The attorneys of those accused of causing a November 2008 accident on the Nerpa nuclear submarine, which claimed the lives of 20 people, have decided to appeal the Pacific Fleet Military Tribunal's decision to a prosecutor to uphold the application seeking to submit the case.
Nerpa submarine accident to be reconsidered by jury
On Thursday, the Pacific Fleet Military Tribunal ordered the Nerpa submarine accident case to be reconsidered by the jury.
Prosecutors appeal submarine captain's acquittal over accident killing 20
The Military Prosecutor's Office appealed on Monday the acquittal of the captain of Nerpa submarine, accused of the fatal accident which killed 20 in 2008, Assistant Prosecutor Roman Kolbanov told RIA Novosti.
Nerpa submarine captain lauds 2008 disaster acquittal
Dmitry Lavrentyev, captain of the ill-fated Nerpa submarine, lauded his recent acquittal of charges arising from the case of the accident that left 20 dead in 2008.
Investigators open case for overrating aircraft cruiser repairs
Investigators initiated a criminal case on September 28 for overrating repairs of the Admiral Kuznetsov heavy aircraft cruiser.