Medvedev instructed Prosecutor's Office to develop a mechanism for the prosecution of pirates.

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   Russian President Dmitry Medvedev instructed the Prosecutor General Yuri Chaika, together with foreign law enforcement agencies to develop a mechanism to prosecuting marine pirates. This May 4, reports "Interfax".
"We need to look at all possibilities, including, perhaps, the establishment of any international court on this issue" - said the president at a meeting with the prosecutor. Medvedev recalled that the State of which the pirates, often do not fight crime. The President stressed that coordination between the military sailors from different countries is not enough to combat the pirates. "We want no war, because nadavat of the brain, we always will, but the legal qualifications of all that is happening," - he explained.
April 29, 2009 a team of Russian military ship "Admiral Panteleev" carrying on duty in the territorial waters of Somalia, detained 29 pirates - the citizens of Somalia. Media have reported difficulties that have arisen from the Russian authorities in determining the fate of criminals. In Somalia, a civil war, so the authorities do not have the capacity to fight piracy. The journalists knew that if Russia does not find a country where justice could be referred to the captured Somalis, they will be judged on the territory of Russia.
UN authorized foreign warships to patrol Somali waters in 2008. This decision was taken due to the excessive activation of the pirates.