Hijacked ship carried Russian chemical weapons: report
Published: 17 Oct 11 13:52 CET
Translation by Autumnson Blog
北極海 - 一艘芬蘭船於 2009年7月在瑞典海域被劫持 - 可能攜有從俄羅斯被盜的材料用來製造化學武器，芬蘭研究人員聲稱。
In their new book, Myrskyn Silmässä (Eye of the storm), Timo Hellenberg and Pekka Visuri explain their theory that biological, chemical, nuclear, or radioactive materials extracted in Russian Kaliningrad, were loaded onto the ship when it was hijacked in Swedish waters.
在他們的新著作Myrskyn Silmässä（暴風之眼），蒂莫Hellenberg和Pekka Visuri解釋他們的理論，生物、化學、核或放射性物質提取於俄羅斯加里寧格勒的，當它在瑞典海域被劫持時被裝載到船上。
They two however dismiss suspicions that nuclear warheads and missiles were being transported on board the ship.
但他們兩人排除船上有運送核彈頭和導彈的猜疑。
According to official documents, the ship was carrying timber worth over €1.3 million ($1.8 million) and the hijackers later demanded a ransom of $1.5 million, the Financial Times Deutschland newspaper reported at the time.
根據官方文件，船運載木材價值超過€130萬（180萬美元），和劫船者後來要求150萬美元的贖金，德國金融時報當時報導。
But the Finnish researchers claim the ship was heading to the Middle East with the valuable weapon materials, which was allegedly stolen from the Russian government.
They argue that the hijacking was downplayed by Russian officials, and question why the Finnish government was not informed immediately.
The vessel “Arctic Sea” took off from Finland on July 23rd, 2009 and was reportedly hijacked the following night outside the coast of Swedish island Öland in the Baltic Sea.
The ship was later sighted in the English Channel, but connection was lost until the Russian navy was able to reclaim to vessel off Cape Verde on August 17th the same year.
At the time, authorities arrested eight Russian and Baltic men, six of which were sentenced to up to 12 years in prison in Russia in March 2011.
The Finnish researchers' book is set to be published later this week.
http://www.thelocal.se/36794/20111017/#
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