“We requested information from local authorities, they said that there were no Russian citizens there, only the entire crew consisted of Filipinos, that is, the nine people they captured were also Filipino citizens,” the representative of the embassy quoted RIA Novosti as saying.
Earlier it became known about the attack of pirates on the Norwegian ship MV Bonita by JJ Ugland, which was anchored off the coast of Benin. As a result of the incident, the attackers kidnapped nine crew members.