MURMANSK. Oct 19 (Interfax-Northwest) - Experts estimate that the lifting of the combination of pontoons, the Giant-4 barge and the nuclear submarine Kursk will be completed by the end of Friday, spokesman for the Russian Northern Fleet Vladimir Navrotsky announced on Friday.
He said the combination will be lifted to a height of seven meters to be placed in the floating dock. The two pontoons locked to the Giant earlier are now being drained, he added.