Six Russian sailors, among them one ethnic Armenian, were captured by pirates in Benin's territorial waters in the Gulf of Guinea on January 2.
The citizens of Russia – Andry Ivanov, Anderey Svitin, Alexander Simonov, Igor Teleshin, Roman Ivanov and Andronik Grigoryan – have been captured by pirates, Russia's Federal News Agency reported.
The owner of the vessel is holding talks to free Russian nationals.
According to preliminary reports, 20 Russian, two Georgian and four Ukrainian nationals were on the vessel.
