The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation warned Kiev that it was going to respond toughly to the Ukrainian side, which continues to forcibly keep the crew of the Kerch fishing vessel "Nord". Moscow demands to give our sailors unhindered to return to their homeland. This is stated in the official statement of the Russian diplomatic mission on Thursday, April 19. "The Ukrainian authorities continue to mock the Russian crew of the fishing vessel" Nord ", pirated captured more than a month ago in the Sea of ??Azov. April 19 at the Kiev airport "Zhulyany" representatives of the Ukrainian Border Guard Service once again did not miss the fishermen - Russian citizens who presented Russian passports on a flight to Minsk, "the message says.. According to the Foreign Ministry, the Russians under a far-fetched pretext were selected documents and protocols were drawn up on the administrative violation. At the same time, earlier today from the same airport home through Minsk were able to fly with the passports of Russian citizens two members of the seized vessel. Moscow is outraged by the cynical arbitrariness that the Kiev regime creates against ordinary sailors, it follows from the text. The Foreign Ministry believes that Kiev violates human rights forcibly forcing seamen to accept Ukrainian citizenship and not allowing them to freely leave the territory of Nezalezhnaya. "We demand to stop bulling Russian citizens and give them the opportunity to finally return home without hindrance, to their families. Our patience is not unlimited. We reserve the right to harsh retaliatory actions, "- emphasized in Smolensk Square. Crimean seiner "Nord" with ten crew members was pirated detained on March 25 in the Sea of ??Azov. All fishermen are citizens of Russia.

The Ukrainian court arrested the vessel on March 30. The team members were fined for "violation of the order of entry into the temporarily occupied territory of Ukraine and departure from it". The captain of the "Nord" Vladimir Gorbenko is charged with "violation of the order of entry to the temporarily occupied territory of Ukraine and departure from it with the goal of harming the interests of the state".

Skipper faces up to 5 years in prison. Today, two crew members were able to escape from the "warm embrace" of Nezalezhnaya.

"Today is April 19. This is probably the most joyful day in my life, I will remember it for the rest of my life and will pass it on to my children and grandchildren that it has finally happened. Finally, our lawyers and all the people who made the effort pulled out of this prison.

Thank you very much, "Irina Oborina commented on her release..