Luc Besson decided to shoot in a film about the Russian submarine “Kursk” – Look

French film director Luc Besson will arrive in Russia in the framework of the filming of the Russian nuclear submarine “Kursk” sank in 2000, said the Head of Culture Ministry of Defence of Russia Anton Gubankov.

“Now, we turned to Luc Besson, who makes a film about the” Kursk. ” On the submarine. He would like to do it, “- said Gubankov, reports TASS referring to the” Echo of Moscow “.

According to him, Russia will arrive soon in a large French delegation to inspect facilities for filming. “We will work together on this film. It is important for us “, – he said.

In August of last year marked the 15th anniversary of the “Kursk” submarine death, sank in the Barents Sea, 175 kilometers from Severomorsk, at a depth of 108 meters as a result of the disaster, which occurred August 12, 2000. All 118 crew members on board were killed.

According to the conclusions of the government commission, the cause of death of the crew began to torpedo explosion in the nose compartment of the submarine. The Commission, who worked for more than two years to establish the exact time of death of the submarine.

According to experts, the death of the “Kursk” seamen came in time from a few seconds up to six to eight hours after the explosion, the time of detection of boats on August 13 to save 23 sailors remained in the ninth compartment, was not possible.

This event has forced the service of search and rescue operations the Russian Navy to begin modernization of life-saving equipment and to find new measures to ensure the safety of divers.

The Defense Ministry did not rule out the declassification of information about the death of the “Kursk” before 2030.