MOSCOW. Oct 8 (Interfax-AVN) - By 16.30 Moscow time (1230 GMT), the Kursk nuclear submarine was 15 meters from the Giant-4 barge and is expected to be connected to it about an hour later, Russian Navy spokesman Igor Dygalo told Interfax on Monday.
He said the barge is currently drifting from the disaster area, having covered a distance of ten nautical miles.