North Korean border guards on Sunday morning, September 10, detained the Russian yacht “Nadezhda” sailing on the international regatta from Vladivostok. About TASS reported the press Secretary of the yacht club “Seven feet” Yana Konoplitskaya.
The incident occurred around 11 a.m. Vladivostok time (4:00 GMT). After two hours and 40 minutes the ship was released. As said the Agency representative of the foreign Ministry in Vladivostok, it follows the same course.
Maritime rescue coordination centre of Vladivostok, “Interfax” reported that the yacht, a distress signal has not filed. About the reasons of detention of no information.
According to information on the website of the yacht club, the crew of “Nadezhda” consists of two people.