Russian state pirates belonging to the gang of so-called "coast
guards" have seized off the Japan's coast a Georgian fishing vessel, Dzhin
(Efreet), registered in Georgia's
Black Sea port of
Batumi and owned by a
Georgian company.
The ship was seized inside the Japanese territorial waters10 miles
southwest of Russian-held Japan's Iturup
Island in the Japanese Islands'
chain. The schooner was taken to a Russian pirates's base at Shikotan Island.
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