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06.05.2010, 15:55
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The crew of a large Russian anti-submarine ship has freed an oil tanker seized by Somali pirates on Wednesday. All 23 Russian sailors from the hijacked vessel have escaped the incident unscathed.
07.05.2010, 10:39
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The Russian Navy has had to release 10 Somalis, captured earlier in an operation to rescue a seized tanker. There was no legal way to prosecute them for piracy.
30.08.2010, 06:16
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Three Russian pilots have been kidnapped in Sudan's volatile Darfur region. Russia’s consulate office in the region confirmed the information.
23.08.2009, 11:39
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The eight suspected hijackers of the ‘Arctic Sea’ cargo ship have been arrested and questioned by investigators in a high-security prison in Moscow this week.
19.11.2009, 15:00
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The Somali pirates have spent the € 2.7 million they got for the liberation of the Alakrana trawler from the Spanish government on weddings and orgies.
13.02.2010, 08:02
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The families of 23 Russian sailors taken hostage by Somali pirates in October last year have taken to the streets of Kaliningrad in despair over stalled negotiations on the release of their loved ones.
04.05.2009, 17:46
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The Iranian embassy in Moscow has said that a Russian warship has freed eight Iranian citizens who had been seized last week along with Somali pirates.
06.02.2010, 15:42
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A Russian patrol ship has seized a boat carrying seven suspected pirates who had allegedly attacked an Antigua and Barbuda-flagged ship off Somalia's coast.
03.09.2009, 17:55
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Russia’s Foreign Ministry has warned that the Georgian practice of arresting cargo ships in Abkhazian waters may lead to “serious armed incidents”.
02.11.2009, 13:15
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Talks are expected to start with Somali pirates to free a fishing trawler seized on Thursday. The Bangkok-based ship owners say the vessel is in Somalia and they are waiting for the pirates to make contact.
Published: 28 May, 2009, 18:48
Edited: 07 February, 2010, 03:25
It has been revealed that Russia released 29 pirates held off the Somali coast to Iran and Pakistan three weeks ago, saying there was no legal basis to try them in Russia.
Just blow them out of the water, no questions asked, those that survive can swim to shore or feed the sharks.
This entire situation is gettiong more & more redicioulos. What's needed is this: 1. An international set of rules on how to deal with captured pirates (a lot sterner than has been the norm) 2. IF a ship or vessel approachjes, is cpntacted and does not stiop, shoot a warning shot. 3. If they do not stop shoot one more wraning shot 4. If they continue to approach, shoot top kill 5. This will be the only language they understand 6. If this will not be implemented they will keep attacking ships. 7. The west in general and the US in particula5r are too soft on such people 8. When will we (they) learn to be made to0 look stupid in teh eyes of tehw orld? Jurgen Ankenbrand