Senegal military detain Russian trawler
Read on the website Vestnik KavkazaToday the Senegal military detained the Russian trawler "Oleg Naydenov" off the coast of Guinea- Bissau, the head of the Public Relations Center of Rosrybolovstva (the Russian Federal Fisheries Agency), Alexander Savelyev said today.The incident occurred 46 miles off the coast of Guinea- Bissau. Four soldiers from Senegal boarded the trawler. According to the agency, the crew of the fishing vessel had been simulating a failure of the main engine in order to maintain its position in an area favourable for fishing. Currently the detained Russian fishing vessel is being convoyed to Dakar, a source in the Russian Federal Fisheries Agency said. 82 people are on board the ship, 62 of whom are Russian citizens and 20 of whom are citizens of Guinea-Bissau.Today the Senegal military detained the Russian trawler "Oleg Naydenov" off the coast of Guinea- Bissau, the head of the Public Relations Center of Rosrybolovstva (the Russian Federal Fisheries Agency), Alexander Savelyev said today.
The incident occurred 46 miles off the coast of Guinea- Bissau. Four soldiers from Senegal boarded the trawler.
According to the agency, the crew of the fishing vessel had been simulating a failure of the main engine in order to maintain its position in an area favourable for fishing. Currently the detained Russian fishing vessel is being convoyed to Dakar, a source in the Russian Federal Fisheries Agency said. 82 people are on board the ship, 62 of whom are Russian citizens and 20 of whom are citizens of Guinea-Bissau.
The incident occurred 46 miles off the coast of Guinea- Bissau. Four soldiers from Senegal boarded the trawler.
According to the agency, the crew of the fishing vessel had been simulating a failure of the main engine in order to maintain its position in an area favourable for fishing. Currently the detained Russian fishing vessel is being convoyed to Dakar, a source in the Russian Federal Fisheries Agency said. 82 people are on board the ship, 62 of whom are Russian citizens and 20 of whom are citizens of Guinea-Bissau.