On board the captured pirates container are three Russians.

SyuzhetyPiratstvo off Somali06.04.2009Na captured German ship there are the Russians onboard the German container Hansa Stavanger, who was captured by pirates on Sunday, April 5, there are three Russians and two citizens of Ukraine, the "Sea Newsletter - Sovfraht. PR is a senior assistant and the second engineer, another Russian - Senior engineer - from Kaliningrad. Third assistant and minder vessel are citizens of Ukraine.
Specified that apart from the master, who is a citizen of Germany, the team includes 14 fillipintsev. Previously, it was reported that pirates captured 24 sailor. On the rest of the nationality of the crew information is not yet available.
Container Hansa Stavanger displacement of 20 thousand tons were seized in the 400 nautical miles from the Somali port of Kismayo. The vessel was carrying containers of goods to be of Asian production in Kenya from the port of Jebel Ali in the UAE. According to the "Naval Bulletin - Sovfraht, the value of the goods amounts to tens of millions of dollars.
According to the agency AFP, Somali pirates seized the boat also, shedshuyu under the French flag. The attack happened in the Indian Ocean, about 640 kilometers from the cape of Ras Hafun in the north-east Somalia. Confirmation of the information on the attack against French naval forces engaged in anti-piracy operations in the area, has not yet been reported.
The Agency, citing the organization Ecoterra International, said that currently the yacht goes to the Somali coast. The attack was carried out with the previously captured Yemeni fishing vessel. On the capture became known after a short talk by satellite phone with one of the crew members.
With regard to active measures to combat attacks on ships in the Gulf of Aden, the international community, Somali pirates have changed their tactics. Now the attacks are increasingly taking place in the Indian Ocean, far from the coast and protected sea lanes.