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Thomas Courtien

Posted 2008-10-04 3:35 AM (#20154)

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Subject: Russian Defence Minister Stuck in Boat Hatch

A story out of the UK about the Russian Navy rebuilding itself had this at the end of the story:

There was further embarrassment for the administration on Friday after photographs surfaced on the internet showing Anatoly Serdyukov, Russia's portly defence minister, stuck in a submarine hatch last week.

Mr Serdyukov, whose ministry has run a campaign to urge senior officers to lose weight, was inspecting the Russian fleet during exercises in Kamchatka with Dmitry Medvedev, the president, when the incident happened.

Mr Medvedev, a man of slight build, slithered into the submarine with little difficulty. But when Mr Serdyukov followed him, his belly allegedly became wedged in the hatch and he struggled for several minutes before servicemen managed to pry him free.

The photographs, posted on a Russian web site, were swiftly removed.

The rest of the article is here:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/russia/3130335/Russia-to-stage-largest-air-force-war-games-since-Soviet-times.html

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