 While waiting for his trial in Sverdlovsk in May 1987, Defense Minister Sergey Sokolov resigned and was replaced by Dmitry Yazov; subsequently, the charges against Britanov were dropped.The Soviet Union - and by some accounts apparently to this day, the Russian government - claimed that the "K-219" collided with "Augusta" off the coast of Bermuda, and that is what resulted in the sinking of the submarine.The United States Navy has denied this, and - surprisingly - so has Captain Britanov himself.