A court in Arkhangelsk convicted six defendants, including citizens of Russia, Latvia, Estonia, and others with no known citizenship, of piracy and sentenced them to prison terms from seven to twelve years. The Maltese-flagged, Finnish-owned, Russian-crewed bulker known as “Arctic Sea” was captured in 2009 in the Baltic Sea and was later freed by the Russian Navy near Cape Verde. All alleged pirates were detained and brought to Russia. The defendants pleaded not guilty insisting they were peaceful ecologists. Earlier two other pirates had pleaded guilty and were sentenced to five and seven years of imprisonment, respectively.
http://www.lenta.ru/news/2011/03/24/arctic/
http://www.vesti.ru/videos?vid=327046 (video)
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