MOSCOW — Russian commentators have challenged officials for not releasing full details about an accident on board a military submarine that killed 14 sailors. The incident took place on Monday, according to the Defence Ministry, but was not officially disclosed until late on Tuesday. Some Russian media accused officials of starving the public of details and drew parallels with the dearth of official information during the meltdown of a Soviet nuclear reactor in Chernobyl in 1986. Asked on Wednesday if the vessel had a nuclear reactor on board, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov referred the question to the defence ministry. That vessel, nicknamed the “Losharik,” was launched in 2003 and is one of the most secret submarines in the Russian fleet.

Source: National Post July 03, 2019 10:07 UTC