What had really happened? And how much does the Russian public trust its government’s explanation of the events?
„While the 43-year old warship had not seen much action in the ongoing conflict between Russia and Ukraine, its loss was seen by many on the Ukrainian side as a kind of comeuppance for the Russian attack. You mess with Ukraine, this is what happens,“ says Andrew Roth, Russia correspondent for the Guardian newspaper.
Moscow has not confirmed that the ship came under missile attack from the Ukrainian side, but as Andrew Roth explains in the course of the interview, there are reasons to believe this was likely the case. Moscow is even more tight-lipped when it comes to the fate of the servicemen from the sunken ship. (….)