Russian President Vladimir Putin shakes hands with an unidentified relative of a seaman, who is believed dead aboard the crippled nuclear submarine Kursk, in the closed military base of Vedyayevo, 50 miles (80 kms) north from Murmansk Tuesday, Aug. 22, 2000. At center is Lyudmila Lyachin, wife of Grigory Lyachin, captain of the sunken submarine Kursk.