Kursk: 10 Days That Shaped Putin on SBS and SBS on Demand S1E1 – Kursk: 10 Days That Shaped Putin is a dramatic and forensic examination of events that took place in August 2000, after an explosion onboard the Kursk submarine trapped a group of survivors at the bottom of the Barents Sea.
Why did the Russians take so long to accept international assistance? How did this crisis and subsequent reporting change Russia and importantly, how would it shape Putin’s own trajectory as the new President of Russia?
The documentary hears first-hand testimony from those involved from President Bill Clinton to families of the submariners and an American submarine Commander who witnessed it, taking us behind the closed doors of the White House, and below the surface with rescue divers who finally make it down to the stricken submarine.
Episode One:
August 2000. Russia’s Northern Fleet is running an enormous naval exercise that is about to go horribly wrong. A huge internal explosion rocks the Kursk, a nuclear-powered submarine, turning the planned showcase of Russia’s naval power into a national tragedy.
Kursk: 10 Days That Shaped Putin on SBS and SBS on Demand – Series Premiere / Saturday 16 August at 5:40pm (2 Parts)
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Kursk: 10 Days That Shaped Putin on SBS and SBS on Demand S1E1
