(FILES) -- A file picture taken 30 July [Getty Images]

(FILES) -- A file picture taken 30 July 2000 shows the 'Kursk' submarine's crew in Severomorsk, during the navy parade, devoted to the annual Navy Day. On 12 August 2005 Russia will mark the fifth anniversary of the Kursk accident. The Kursk sank during naval exercises off northwestern Russia on August 12, 2000 after an explosion in one of the submarine's torpedo tubes. AFP PHOTO/STR (Photo credit should read STRINGER/AFP/Getty Images)

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