SyuzhetyVoennaya operation against Somali piratov29.04.2009 "Admiral Panteleev" seized pirate Somali pirates arrested on 29 April a team of large anti-submarine ships (BOD) "Admiral Panteleev" Russian Navy, will face Russian justice. On the possibility of writing for the April 30 issue of the newspaper "Time of news".
The Russian side has no formal arrangements with African countries regarding the extradition of suspects of piracy, in fact, recalls the publication, the pirates can not be handed over to the authorities of Somalia, as well as the Russian Federation does not maintain diplomatic relations with that State.
Therefore, if Russia will not be able to transmit captured pirates to any African country, the Russian side will have to decide the fate of the bandits. It reminds the newspaper Kommersant, the Russian Federation has all legal grounds to judge the criminals in its territory, namely, - United Nations Security Council resolution adopted in December 2008.
In addition, the newspaper notes, in the Russian Criminal Code Article 227, there is "piracy", the punishment to persons found guilty in the piracy activities. In the event that the Somali pirates will face Russian justice and found guilty, they face a penalty of imprisonment from 5 to 15 years and a fine of up to half million rubles.
Remember, "Admiral Panteleev" April 29, off the coast of Somalia seized a ship, aboard which were 29 pirates. It is assumed that they had made two unsuccessful attempts to capture the tanker NA Commander "with a Russian team on April 27.
Is worth noting that the BOD "Admiral Panteleev" was the second ship of the Navy Russia detained a gang of Somali pirates. For example, in February 2009, heavy nuclear missile cruiser "Pyotr Veliky" detained three pirate ship with the 10 pirates who were then handed over to Yemeni authorities.
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