in the Red Sea gone a 30-minute pleasure boat with a crew of three Russians. This was announced on Sunday, April 23, by Nadezhda Rasina, the wife of the captain of the yacht to whom the words were quoted. DEA News.
“They’re out [порта] Monday to Tuesday Jizan Islands Saudi Arabia. Then their traces disappear. They were supposed to be in Djibouti on Wednesday, but they didn’t get there.
They nearly disappeared in the gap between Saudi Arabia, Eritrea and Yemen.
Eritrea has an army patrolling the coast. If they are detained on the coast, we will know about it,” he said.
SOS signal
The yacht’s owner gave an SOS signal – the entire Red Sea coast knows the ship was lost, Racina added. Eritrea didn’t have the resources to send helicopters and search ships, she said.
“In Yemen, everything is completely frightening in connection with the situation in the country. “Saudi Arabia has the resources to search among these countries,” he said.
He later reported that the ship was supposedly. was attacked.
“There was information that the ship was stolen, but no details. This information was sent to Saudi Arabia and we learned from them,” he said. According to him, Riyadh is helping the Russian side in the search for the yacht.
According to the owner of 30 minutes, the yacht sailed along the route Port Said – Suez – Hurghada – Jeddah – Jizan – Djibouti. “On April 17, they left the port of Jizan, where the ship was refueling. The same day, the yacht anchored in Rumain Island disappeared from the radar.
“There are three Russians on board: Roman Kokashinsky, Daniil Vasilyev and Maria Shevtsova.” TASS Damir Saydyashev, Head of the Consular Department of the Russian Embassy in Saudi Arabia.
He also pointed out that neither the Russian embassy nor the Saudi authorities have yet found evidence that the ship may have been hijacked by pirates.
According to him, the Russian embassy is in contact with the Saudi Arabian coast guard, and the Jeddah search and rescue coordination center used all available vessels to search for the missing yacht.
However, Saidyashev added that it is impossible to locate the ship, as the automatic identification system disables its transponders.