THE RUSSIAN GARDE-COTE CONTINUES TO SEEK TRAWLER STM-17 IN
INFRINGEMENT








VLADIVOSTOK, March 5.  (Corr. Ria " Novosti " Anatoli Ilioukhov).  In
depit of the storm and abundant falls of snow in the area, of the
ships of the guard-dimension of the federal Service of borders (FPS)
of Russia took the sea this Monday to try to intercept Russian trawler
SMT-17 in infringement belonging has the company " Klemen " of
Vladivostok.

The service of press of the Pacifique department of the FPS has
advertisement which aviation will join the operations search as soon
as time is ameliorera.

February 20, trawler STM-17 had reussi has to escape has the
continuation of the Russian guard-dimension.  With the approaches of
international water, the ship in infringement had hoists a Japanese
flag and the continuation had cease.  However, once in territorial
waters nippones, the Japanese flag had ete amene and replaces by a
Russian flag.

Sunday, the trawler has leaves the port of Wakkanai in the
septentrional island of the Japanese archipelago, or it was refugie on
February 20.