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Capture "Oleg Naydenov": there are victims on a trawler

Off the coast of Africa, he was captured on January 4 a Russian fishing trawler "Oleg Naydenov." And this is not the work of pirates. On deck, reportedly climbed Senegalese soldiers, they were chained in handcuffs and captain escorting the ship to Dakar. All this happened without explanation and apparent reason. On board the trawler are 82 people, 62 of them Russians, mainly residents of the Murmansk region. Now the Ministry of Foreign Affairs through its channels finds out what really happened.



This gunman on board the Russian trawler "Oleg Naydenov." It all started the day before. Atlantic Ocean, 46 miles off the coast of Guinea-Bissau, in the economic area, and that was the ship. Moreover, the country with the inspectors on board, the company-owner.

To Russian trawler suitable vehicle of the armed forces of neighboring Senegal. Ordered to stop, the crew takes the ladder. Military planted aboard. What is the reason, no one explains. From the captain's call to follow them.

"Under the threat of weapons went to the ship landed commandos of 25 people. Movement of capital were limited radio room, he was handcuffed, "- said the head of public relations center of the Federal Agency for Fisheries Alexander Savelyev.

XO was able to announce the general ship alarm, fighting continued throughout the night.

 - Tried to take the captain to his side. During the night there was a struggle. All with weapons and brute force. The barrel machine was sent to the forehead XO, it was said, again like that - we'll shoot.

On the morning of Senegalese still forced the crew to start the main engine, and take a course on the Dakar. While the Senegalese authorities did not explain the reasons for the detention. Rosrybolovstvo trying to understand the situation through diplomacy. This is not the first state of emergency with "Oleg Naydenov." Previous incident in February 2012. Then trawler attacked the activists of the "Greenpeace". Movement of Russian sailors accused of illegal fishing off the coast of Senegal. In Russia it is called a provocation and an attempt to squeeze out of the traditional fishermen fishing areas.



"Now there comes a tough fight for resources, so all means are good, and no one does not hesitate to take" - said in Rosrybolovstvo.

Before the Soviet seamen still catch fish, not only in this region, but also off the coast of Namibia and Mauritania. The bulk of the catch is sent to the local market, this international requirements. In any case, for seafarers working in Africa - a serious income.

While the ship was the only channel of communication. At about 6 am when the ship will move with the same speed as it is now, it must stand on a raid in the port of Dakar. What will happen to the crew, "Oleg Naydenov" is not clear.

Meanwhile, as it became known later, on board the Russian trawler "Oleg Naydenov" Yet there are victims. As the captain of the vessel, Vadim Mantorov, during the confrontation and military crew of the latter were applied methods of physical influence on Russian sailors. As a result, people have suffered, in particular, the barmaid Ivashkevich, she suspected broken arm.





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