INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION " KOURSK " INVITES THE WESTERN SPONSORS TO
CONTRIBUTE TO THE REINFLATION OF RUSSIAN SUBMARINE NUCLEAIRE








BRUSSELS, March 2.  (Corr. Ria " Novosti " Viktor Onoutchko).  The
international Foundation " Koursk " A invites the Western sponsors has
to provide as quickly as possible to the moitie sum necessary to the
reinflation of the Russian submarine nucleaire before it is not too
late to carry out this operation within the acceptable times.  It is
what is known as in one communicates returned public A Brussels by the
Foundation.

In the document it east indicates that the Foundation " Koursk " had
request with the governments of the principal European Convention
countries, of Japan, of Canada, of Norway and of the United States to
pour each one 1,9 million euros, which corresponds has the moitie sum
necessary to be able to carry out the operation, the second moitie
being provided by the Russian part.  These funds are necessary " to
prevenir any damage likely to be cause has the environment by the
Russian submarine nucleaire accidente " while procedant has its
reinflation ", is it says in communicates.  According to the
international Foundation, this solution is from now on possible since
the Russian Deputy Prime Minister Ilia Klebanov has accede with the
desire of the Western governments to associate the reinflation of the
submarine with the program pluripartite of security nucleaire for
Russia.

In a letter that the direction of the Foundation has adressee to the
secretary-general of the Council of the European Union Javier Solana
which supports its objectives, it east indicates that 1,9 million
euros represente not a great sum within sight of a company of this
scale.