MOSCOW (Sputnik) — Russian sailors, taken hostage by pirates in the Gulf of Guinea in November, have been released, the Russian embassy in Nigeria said in a statement.
"Late on December 20, Russian sailors, kidnapped by pirates in the Gulf of Guinea, were released," the embassy posted on its Twitter account.
25 April 2016, 18:33 GMT
The diplomats appreciated the efforts of all the parties who facilitated liberation of the Russian sailors, according to the statement.
On November 27, pirates attacked the Panama-flagged Saronic Breeze vessel heading for Nigeria in Benin’s territorial waters and captured three Russian sailors.
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