Investigators today revealed the ‘‘hell’’ inside the nuclear submarine Kursk which sank in the Barents Sea with the loss of 118 lives.

Forensic experts are beginning to remove bodies from the wreck of the Kursk.

The wreck of the Kursk nuclear submarine began moving toward a dry dock in the northern Russian port of Roslyakovo today, despite high winds that could hinder the operation.

Divers today began attaching a second pontoon to the barge holding the wreckage of the submarine Kursk in preparation for raising the vessel into a dry dock at a ship-repair plant in northern Russia.

A giant barge hauling the battered Kursk submarine pulled into waters of a Russian shipyard today, in the final stage of an ambitious salvage effort made riskier by the ship’s two nuclear reactors and missile arsenal.

A giant barge has hauled the remains of the Kursk nuclear submarine to a dock.

The raising of the Kursk nuclear submarine has been completed. A Dutch consortium says it has taken more than 12 hours to lift the vessel to the surface of the Barents Sea.

Salvage crews have begun raising the wreck the of Kursk nuclear submarine from the bottom of the Barents Sea, more than a year after the vessel sunk following an on-board explosion.

A Dutch consortium on today began raising the Kursk nuclear submarine from the bottom of the Barents Sea, where it lay for more than a year following the explosion and sinking that killed 118 Russian seamen.

The operation to raise the sunken nuclear submarine Kursk is approaching the challenging phase of cutting the badly damaged bow section from the rest of the ship.

The Russian nuclear submarine Kursk will be raised from the bottom of the Barents Sea in mid-September, weather permitting, officials said today.

Naval engineers using a remote-controlled mini-sub conducted exploratory work today at the site where the Kursk nuclear submarine sank, laying the groundwork for the complex, two-month operation to raise the shattered ship.

The international team bidding to raise the sunken Russian nuclear submarine, the Kursk, are making their final preparations.

Russian officials today denied a Norwegian television report that the Kursk submarine was carrying nuclear weapons when it exploded and sank last summer.

The Russian navy has dismissed claims the Kursk was sunk by a missile from another Russian vessel.

A note left by a dying officer on the Kursk says the nuclear submarine was sunk by the explosion of one of its own torpedoes, reports a Russian newspaper.