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Friday, February 22, 2013

Russia, NATO to Hold Gulf of Aden Anti-Piracy Exercise

RS Severomorsk |The Russian Navy’s Udaloy I class anti-submarine destroyer Severomorsk will take part in a NATO anti-piracy exercise in the Gulf of Aden, Navy spokesman Capt. First Rank Vadim Serga said on Thursday.

Russian and Italian naval teams will practice operations to recover pirate-held ships, he said, adding that the exercise will begin “within several days.”

In the most recent attack, Reuters reported pirates seized the ship Armadah Tuah off the Nigerian coast on Sunday, holding its crew to ransom. The Russian Foreign Ministry said there were three Ukrainians, two Indian nationals, one Indonesian and one Russian on board.

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