Russia, Ukraine, Somalia: Cargo Ship “Faina” · Global Voices
Veronica Khokhlova

Russian Navy Blog posts updates – here and here – on the capture of the MV Faina cargo ship by Somali pirates. At the time of the capture, the ship's crew consisted of 17 Ukrainian citizens, three Russian citizens and one citizen of Latvia; the ship's Russian captain died from a stroke on Sept. 28.