News of Arctic Sea crew detention in investigation ward denied
The Federal Penitentiary Service (FPS) of Russia has denied a mass media report that crew members of the Arctic Sea dry cargo ship, on being freed from the pirates’ detention, are held in the Lefortovo investigation ward in Moscow, the FPS spokesman told ITAR-TASS. He said investigation FPS ward-2, just as any other investigation ward in Russia, holds persons only on court ruling.
The Federal Penitentiary Service did not specify the whereabouts of 11 crewmembers of the Arctic Sea taken to Moscow.