Russian submarine sailors buried in St. Petersburg
By DW
14 July 2019 |
2:49 pm
Following a deadly fire on a Russian nuclear submarine, Russian authorities laid the bodies of 14 naval officers to rest in St. Petersburg. The Kremlin has stayed tight-lipped over the incident.
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