MOSCOW, October 8 (RIA Novosti) - Russian...
The Finnish-owned, Maltese-flagged cargo ship manned by a Russian crew and listed as carrying lumber from Russia to Algeria, was reportedly boarded by a group of eight men on July 24. Officials later said it had disappeared in the Atlantic. It was freed off Cape Verde on August 16 by a Russian warship.
"The Arctic Sea vessel escorted by a tugboat and the Ladny patrol ship is currently anchored off Gibraltar in the Mediterranean," the Investigative Committee at the Russian Prosecutor General"s Office said in a statement.
The captain and three crew members are on board.
A senior Russian military official said earlier on Thursday that the Arctic Sea had already been anchored there for more than a week, waiting for further orders.
Investigative Committee spokesman Vladimir Markin said earlier this month that the vessel had been impounded by a Russian court ruling, which however should not hamper the handover of the ship to Malta.