Tuesday August 26

• Russian President Vladimir Putin confers posthumous state honours on the 118 men who died aboard the Kursk, two weeks after the nuclear submarine sank. The Hero of Russia order, one of the country's highest honours, is awarded to the submarine's commander, Captain Gennady Lyachin, while the others are bestowed the Order of Courage.



• Putin orders a commemorative display be erected at the Central Military Museum in Moscow.



• Military prosecutors begin a criminal investigation into allegations the Kursk collided with an unidentified vessel that later escaped.