Russia Frees Somali Pirates It Had Seized In Shootout -- New York Times
MOSCOW — Two days after Russian marines captured 10 Somali pirates in a much-ballyhooed high-seas shootout, freeing Russian crew members who had barricaded themselves for 20 hours in the dank safety of an engine room, Russia’s Defense Ministry on Friday announced an anticlimactic ending to the saga.
They put the pirates back on their boat and set them free.
“It is much easier to catch pirates than to decide what to do with them,” said Gen. Nikolai Y. Makarov, the chief of Russia’s general staff, in comments carried by the Interfax news service.
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