A Moscow court authorized the arrest of eight men for capturing a Russian-crewed ship in the Baltic Sea. Several of the suspects have been convicted of various crimes in Estonia (apparently, most of them are Estonian residents, but only one has Estonian citizenship). The Maltese-flagged, Finnish-owned bulker “Arctic Sea” disappeared in the Baltic in late July and was found on August 17 by a Russian navy ship off the western coast of Africa. Two of the suspects have argued that their arrest is illegal because of procedural violations during their detention by the navy, and that Russian courts lack jurisdiction because the alleged capture of the bulker took place in Swedish waters.
http://lenta.ru/news/2009/08/24/skp/
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