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Abstract
Forty days after the tragedy, we still do not know what happened on the evening of 12 August 2000 aboard the nuclear submarine Kursk. However quickly investigators move today, whatever conclusions the official commission reaches, no matter what sensations journalists are now preparing for us—all in all, none of this is important. The need to know the truth was present among us only in the beginning. Now the obvious answer to a simple question is sufficient: "What happened to the submarine?" "It sank." You can't say anything more precise or more terrible.