Ukraine was charged in the hold of the ship with a Russian crew
Fishing trawler "Cheremosh" with 19 residents of Russia in the cabin since the beginning of February is held in the Ukrainian port city of Berdyansk, said relatives of the captured sailors. the wife of one of the crew members of the detained vessel stated that "Cheremosh" under the flag of Ukraine entered the port of Berdyansk on the sea of Azov 30 January and 2 February, the ship was detained, according to news Agency "." The team commented that the delay for the entry in the Crimean ports. City court of Berdyansk ordered each team member to pay a fine in the 1700 UAH for violation of order of entry on " occupied territory ", - said the brother of one of the arrested. The seafarers themselves bind the detention of that vessel, registered at the port of Sevastopol, no change in the Ukrainian registered and has not been re-registered under the flag of Russia. Official explanations of the Plenipotentiaries of Russia and Ukraine on the issue of information about the detention of the vessel was not reported. In the Crimea, 16 March 2014 a referendum was held on the status of autonomy, more than 96% of participants were in favour of joining region in Russia. 21 March, the President of the Russian Federation centuries Putin signed the law on ratification of the agreement on joining of Crimea and Sevastopol to Russia and signed a decree on the formation of the Crimean Federal district.