English subtitles for clip: File:Интервью телекомпании РТР в связи с трагедией на атомной подводной лодке "Kursk".ogv

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(Sighs heavily)

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Well, what can I tell you?

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(Сlears throat)

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Well, first of all, about the meeting

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that took place yesterday
that you mentioned.

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What is there to say about it...

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There are

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probably not enough words here...

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It's hard to find them.

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It makes me want to howl.

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Of course, yesterday,

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yesterday at a meeting one of
the participants said: "Here you are…

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We know you've only been in office

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for a little over 100 days,

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but you've taken on this cross
and you have to carry it.

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And that man was right.

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Therefore, despite the fact that
I have occupied an office in the Kremlin

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for more than 100 days.

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I nevertheless

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feel a full sense of
responsibility and guilt

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for this tragedy.

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You know,

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it's upsetting, of course, that...

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as it has happened so often
in our country in recent times,

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this misfortune

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is being tried to be exploit
by some people

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in a dishonest way.

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They are trying,
I would say even strongly,

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to inflate some political gills in order

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to earn some capital
or to reach some group interests.

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And right are those who say that

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[Not translated yet]

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contributed to the collapse of
the army, the navy and the state.

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Some of them have even gained a million.

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[Not translated yet]

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It would be better
if they sold their villas

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on the Mediterranean coast of
France or Spain,

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only then they would have to explain
why all this real estate is registered

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under false names and law firms.

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And we'd probably be asking questions:
Where did the money come from?

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Well, God be with them!

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We must, of course, think of

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and

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the sailors, ours, and the families.

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We have to think about that today.

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We must think about
the future of the army and the navy.

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And we must draw certain
conclusions without any doubt.

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You know, at yesterday's meeting

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and the day before,

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at yesterday's meeting,
the relatives of the victims,

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and today and the day before yesterday,

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fairly well-known and experienced people

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who have spent many years in politics

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tell me that I need to show character,

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to demonstrate my will,

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I must definitely fire someone,

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or better yet, put them in jail.

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This is the easiest way

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out of this situation for me

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and, in my opinion, the most misguided.

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This has happened more than once.

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Unfortunately, this does not change
the merits of the case.

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If someone is to blame, then the culprits
must be punished without any doubt.

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But we must get an objective picture

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of the causes of the tragedy

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and the course of the rescue work.

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Only after that can we
draw any conclusions.

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As of today, I can tell you:

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the day before yesterday,
the Secretary of Defense

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Igor Dmitrievich Sergeev,

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and yesterday
the Commander-in-Chief of the Navy

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and the Commander of the Northern Fleet

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submitted their resignations to me.

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These reports

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will not be accepted.

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They will not be accepted, I repeat,

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until there is a full understanding of
what happened,

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what the reasons are,

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and whether there are the culprits.

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Are there really to blame or is it just...
Journalist: A confluence of circumstances.

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VP: A tragic confluence of
circumstances, a tragedy.

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There will be no indiscriminate reprisals

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under the influence

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of emotional outbursts and coincidences.

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I will be with the army and with the navy

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and with the people.

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And together we will rebuild
the army, the navy, and the country.

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I don't doubt that at all.

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I am also very saddened

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by the thesis, which has been
frequently heard recently,

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that along with the "Kursk" submarine

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sank part of the fleet,

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the pride of Russia, and so on.

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You know, our country

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has been through worse times
than we have been through lately.

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We and our ancestors faced more severe

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catastrophes;

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we survived them all.

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And

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Russia has always had a future.

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What we are experiencing today
is a very difficult event,

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but I am absolutely certain,

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I am certain that events of this kind

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should not divide,
but unite society and unite people.

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I am certain that together
we will not only overcome

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the negative consequences that we
have been experiencing in recent years,

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whether natural

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or social,

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or man-made,

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we will overcome it all and restore

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the army, the navy, and the state.