The Ukrainian court arrested the Russian fishing vessel Nord, detained in the Sea of ​​Azov

In Ukraine, the court authorized the arrest of the Russian fishing seiner Nord, which was previously detained by Ukrainian border guards in the Sea of ​​Azov. Earlier in Moscow, they demanded immediate exemption of the crew of the vessel.

As the press secretary of the Prosecutor General of Ukraine Larisa Sargan wrote on herTwitter page, the Prosecutor's Office of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea (part of the Ukrainian Prosecutor General’s Office - approx. Newsru.com ) "continues to work on the detained vessel."

Sargan stated that the court was satisfied with the request of the Prosecutor's Office of the Crimea, "and the offender ship was seized." “Continuation should ...” she promised.

On Thursday, March 29, the official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova, called the detention of the crew the next provocative of the Ukrainian authorities against Russian citizens. "In relation to the crew of the vessel, Ukrainian border guards acted, just like Somali pirates," she said.

The Ukrainian border guards detained the Nord ship on March 25, 15 miles from the dumb braid, which is located on the northern shore of the Sea of ​​Azov. After checking the documents for the ship, the border guards found that it was registered in the Crimea, which Ukraine considers temporarily occupied territory. "Nord" with a crew of 10 people was delivered to the port of Berdyansk.

The General Prosecutor's Office of Ukraine opened a criminal case on a violation of the entry into the temporarily occupied territory and departure from it ”(Part 2 of Article 332-1 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine).

The FSB in the Crimea, in turn, opened a criminal case under Article 211 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (hijacking a vessel of air or water transport or railway rolling stock) against the crew of the State Border Service of Ukraine, which detained Nord.