On board the detained vessel in the DPRK, Russia is 17 people.

On board the Russian ship "Omsk-122, February 17 detained North Korean border guards, there are 17 crew members, reported on Thursday said the company" Amur Shipping Company, which owns the vessel.

In the crew, told the representatives of shipping companies, there are water and food for 15 days. On Wednesday, 18 February, the company was able to contact the shipowner is the master of the vessel and inform him that the Russian embassy in the DPRK informed of the incident and intended to address the fate of the crew. On Thursday, adding representatives of the "Amur Shipping, connection with the vessel was cut.

Cargo ship "Omsk-122, shedshy of the South Korean port of Pusan to Vladivostok, was arrested on 17 February at the Cape Musudan in the Sea of Japan North Korean border guards. The Russian ship was brought under escort in the North Korean port Kichhek.

Cape Musudan and its surrounding waters are closed North Korea. However, the "Amur Shipping Company 'claim that North Korea had no reason to arrest the vessel. The master of the ship said they were contacted every four hours with the Coast Guard reported the DPRK and its coordinates, course and speed.

In 2008, the North Korean border guards detained two Russian vessels hijacked entered the territorial waters of the DPRK - the cargo ship "Lida Demesh in February, and self-dredger" Stepan Demeshev in November. "Lida Demesh" violated the sea border of North Korea to escape the storm. The "Stepan Demesheve" out of the main engine, and the captain of the ship decided to enter for repairs in the territorial waters of North Korea.