KYRA PHILLIPS, CNN ANCHOR: In Russia today, grief is mixed with anger as the nation mourns the 118 sailors who died on that sunken submarine. Russian President Vladimir Putin flew into the Navy's main base in northern Russia today. Grieving relatives are gathering in the northern port city of Murmansk. CNN's Walter Rodgers joins us from there with the latest. Hello, Rodger.</s>WALTER RODGERS, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Hello, Kyra. Russia's president, Vladimir Putin, has gone to Severomorsk, which is a closed military town up the tidal estuary behind me about 18 miles or 30 kilometers. He's gone to mingle with the families of the crew of the doomed submarine Kursk. To help, perhaps, ease some their pain, he has also brought along members of the clergy of the Russian Orthodox Church. These are certainly grievous times for the families who had to wait over eight days -- nine days, actually, to know the ultimate fate of the men aboard the Kursk. As I say, they're in Severomorsk, which is the home of Russia's North Sea Fleet. The families' mournful journey to that Russian port, the closed city, began about 24 hours ago.</s>RODGERS: Now, more recently, today, the Russians are saying that the task of raising the hull of the Kursk with its two nuclear reactors cannot begin until May of next year. It will be a four-month operation. However, the Russians are now saying they will bring up every last body of the submariners aboard the Kursk. I'm Walter Rodgers, CNN, live, Murmansk, Russia.</s>BILL HEMMER, CNN ANCHOR: All right, Walter.
Russian Submarine Accident: President Putin to Meet With Grieving Relatives as Nation Mourns 118 Sailors