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אריה - נראה לי שמדובר במקרה שהיה במאי 2010, עוד מעט שנתיים, והם לא הרגו אותם אלא שחררו אותם על דינגי בלי אוכל וכו, כמו שנעשה על אניה ישראלית מסויימת בשנות ה- 70 (בלי שמות) לנוסעים סמויים. אפילו באותו איזור, כמעט ..... עדיין רחוק מתגובה הולמת שתרתיע פירטים נוספים. הציטוט : The alleged deaths of a group of Somali pirates who were set free after hijacking a Russian tanker near the Gulf of Aden have sparked heated debate in the Russian media. Ten pirates were captured and one killed in an operation on May 6 to free the Moscow University tanker, captured on May 5. A top-ranking source in Russia's Defense Ministry said on Tuesday the pirates had been disarmed and set adrift in a rubber boat without navigation equipment. The Russian military concluded that the hijackers perished as their boat disappeared from radars an hour after they were released. Editor-in-chief of the Maritime Bulletin magazine Mikhail Voitenko told Russian daily Gazeta the pirates had obviously been "killed." "When they [the military officials] realized there would be difficulties, they invented the story about the release. And now, to bring the story to a close, they added this information about the pirates perishing at sea," Gazeta quoted Voitentko as saying. "If they did perish at sea, that would also be murder, just in a more sophisticated form," he said, adding that fighting pirates off the Somali coast has become a kind of "safari" for the military, "with zero danger and the chance of rewards and glory." According to the Defense Ministry source, the Russian military officials were forced to release the pirates as there is no international legal base to carry out prosecution procedures against hijackers and the nationality of the detained pirates was not allowed to be revealed. Russian daily Nezavisimay Gazeta said the story left many unanswered questions, especially surrounding the repercussions of the incident. "It is known that so far pirates have been trying to leave captured sailors alive. Now, it cannot be ruled out that they will take harsher and, God forbid, crueler action, especially if there are Russians among the crew of captured vessels," the paper said. It added that many Somali pirates will be aware of the fact that the Russians knew the pirates would perish after being sent adrift in a rubber boat without navigation equipment and other pirates are likely to try to avenge the deaths of their comrades. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev pledged last week to punish pirates who take vessels hostage off the Somali coast "with the full force of maritime law." Until a legal system allowing hijackers to be punished is created, "we will have to act as our forefathers did when they met pirates," he said. MOSCOW, May 12 (RIA Novosti) Leave a comment Registration Password recovery | Login Password Remember me! STORIES » Opposition Rally Encircles Central Moscow Russian opposition activists attempted Sunday to encircle downtown Moscow in a flashmob protest to press their demands for fair presidential elections on March 4, which Prime Minister Vladimir Putin is set to win. Russia and the changing world In my previous articles I have discussed some of the key foreign challenges that Russia now faces. This subject deserves more detailed discussion and not only because foreign policy is an integral part of any government strategy. External challenges and the changing world around us are forcing us to make decisions that have implications for our economy, our culture, and our budgetary and investment planning. Medvedev Hails Progress in Yemen Transition to Stability Russian President Dmitry Medvedev hailed progress in Yemen’s efforts to restore stability and security in the country and confirmed Russia’s intention to strengthen bilateral cooperation, the Kremlin press office said on its website on Sunday. Damascus: Boycotted Constitution Vote Valid Syrian authorities declared the referendum on the new draft constitution on Sunday valid despite an opposition boycott but gave no estimates for turnout or voting results. External partners Model of the whole city scaled 1-500 Yes, We Like It Very Much Boston Dynamics Petman Prototype [Video] Town That Will Disappear Soon Popular tags Moscow Greece EU crisis Russia Dmitry Medvedev Vladimir Putin elections Ukraine Kiev Viktor Yanukovych China gas NATO Libya Sergei Lavrov Muammar Gaddafi Yulia Tymoshenko United States USA All tags Most read Iran strike would be ‘catastrophic’: Putin Tunguska-Sized Asteroid Homing on Earth U.S., South Korea Begin Joint Large-Scale Drills Putin Blasts US, Outlines Firm Stand on Foreign Policy Russia and the changing world Putin Slams US Quest for ‘Absolute Invulnerability’ Top multimedia Image Galleries: Hearts and flags for Vladimir Putin Video: 'The Artist' dominates the 84TH Academy Awards ceremony Infographics: Vladimir Putin: A brief biography Cartoons: Apple Revolution
