Ok, I worried if you guys missed this great wisdom from our beloved Navy chief.
The whole story is too funny to believe.
Here is what I found out from various sources:
Kuroyedov must be somehow supported from Kremlin. No other Navy commander sould survive catastrophes like Kursk, K-159 and the latest f#ckup with a launch failure from missile sub. He is one of the most criticized military bosses. So far he have always succeeded in blaming others for all the disasters.
The true reason for his angry statements were... now hold on please...
fire extinguishers not tested in time! The cruiser wasn't in fact "recalled from active forces". Everything looks to go on as usual aboard.
Another fine detail: former Navy head, admiral Igor' Kasatonov, recently made some statements accusing Kuroyedov of "destroying Navy" and so on. Now - surprise: "Pyotr Velikiy"'s commander Vladimir Kasatonov is his nephew.
IMHO people like Kuroyedov must be retired as soonas possible, and maybe put under trial like Rozhestvenskiy and Nebogatov (admirals who surrendered to Japanese at Tsushima battle in 1905).
The story reflects the state of relations and "professionalism" in our Navy headquaters.
You can also compare this episode to the last Northern Fleet training in the 90s when CV "Fleet Admiral of the Soviet Union Kuznetsov" (former "Tbilisi") had to be towed back to Severomorsk. On the same training in February, that resulted in Kuroyedov's statements about "Pyotr Velikiy", "Kuznetsov" performed as a dummy ship with no combat tasks.
You see how Putin's declarations about supporting Russian military turn into nothing. Putin looks more and more like Gorbachov: talking too much and doing nothing.
