JEANNE MESERVE, CNN ANCHOR: We now have that report on the grieving families of the sailors that went down with the Russian submarine Kursk. At least one woman had to be sedated while venting her frustration on Russian authorities. Reporter Ben McCarthy has the story.</s>BEN MCCARTHY, ITN REPORTER (voice-over): These pictures were broadcast by Russian television: relatives desperate for news of their loved ones trapped in the Kursk berating Russia's Deputy Prime Minister Ilya Klebanov. This woman, whose son was on board the Kursk, was featured, but the events which followed weren't shown. In this new footage obtained from local Russian television, a woman in a raincoat appears from the left of the picture. In her hand, she's holding a syringe and a needle. Naval officers continue to comfort and restrain the distraught mother. Then the woman in the raincoat can be seen bending down to inject a powerful sedative. Within seconds, the woman is quiet, an episode which will be seen by many as a throwback to the old Soviet era. Russian officials have been angered by the way the incident has been portrayed in the Western media, saying it's common to sedate people in such situations.</s>VLADIMIR ANDREYEV, RUSSIAN EMBASSY SPOKESMAN: There are lots of medical personnel around the families of those who died so tragically, and they're trying to help, they're trying to offer not only consolation, but also medical assistance to try to help those people get through this tragedy of their own and of the country.</s>MCCARTHY: But the burden for the bereaved doesn't get any easier to bear. Today, some of the relatives of those who died on the Kursk joined navy officers to lay flowers at a memorial stone in memory of the 118 sailors who died. But for these people, they still have no bodies to grieve over. It could be up to a year before the submarine is recovered and they're finally able to bury their dead. Ben McCarthy, ITN.
Russian TV Footage Shows Kursk Victim's Mother Being Sedated With Syringe