Member of Parliament suspected "Faina" in the illegal arms trade.

SyuzhetyZahvat pirates Ukrainian vessel "Faina" 13.02.2009Rossiyane with "Faina" returned domoyOruzhie, carried on board dry cargo ship "Faina", were the Southern Sudan, said on Friday, Deputy of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, Head of the Commission to clarify the circumstances of the supply in Georgia, the Ukrainian military equipment Valery Konovalyuk.
In conversation with correspondent UNIAN Konovalyuk reported that the Kenyan army does not use weapons of Soviet designs. According to him, the commission has identified a number of facts of illegal arms trade, which is transported by ship seized by Somali pirates, and all actions of the Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) were sent only to hide these facts. He added that the sooner this can not be said not to harm the captive sailors.
"On the one hand, over the hostages" Faina "scoffed the pirates, on the other hand, they suffer from talentless action, but rather a special criminal inaction led to the supreme political leader of Ukraine", - stressed Konovalyuk.
Meanwhile, the head of the SVR Nicholas Malomuzh commented to media reports that the Ukrainian secret service linked the prolongation of the negotiations for the release of "Faina" attempts by foreign special oust Ukraine in African arms market. "No we have such data", - quotes Malomuzh agency Interfax.
Nevertheless, the head of the SVR noted that at the present time is "extremely difficult process for the market of technical cooperation and the situation of the" Faina "contributed to the beginning of an information campaign against Ukraine in order to neutralize it as an effective partner for Military and Technical Cooperation in Africa the region. "remind" Faina "with 21 member teams (3 citizen of Russia, 17 Ukrainians and a citizen of Latvia) was seized by Somali pirates on Sept. 25, 2008 in the Indian Ocean. February 3, 2009 pirates a ransom was paid, and they released the ship. "Faina" came to the Kenyan port of Mombasa, from where on the night of February 13, team members flew to Kiev. The master of the vessel, Russian Vladimir Korobkov, died of a heart attack shortly after the capture of sudna.V Friday newspaper Kommersant reported that the bulk carrier was hijacked by Somali pirates on the laying of Odessa, a leak of informat!
ion about the negotiations continued throughout the time of the Crisis Staff . This was told by representatives of the Ukrainian special services, and wished to remain unnamed. In addition, newspaper sources claim that the Russian special services have intervened in the negotiations for the release of "Faina".