Russian Border Patrol Ship Opens Fire on Chinese Poachers

The Moscow Times ^ | 18 July 2012 | Staff

[moonshot925]

A Russian border patrol ship in the Sea of Japan opened fire on a schooner poaching under the Chinese flag, a news report said Tuesday.

The crew of the Dzerzhinsky spotted the Chinese vessel Monday within Russia's exclusive economic zone and attempted to contact it, a border patrol spokesman told RIA-Novosti.

But the ship did not respond and attempted to escape, prompting a three-hour pursuit in which Russian border guards first fired warning shots, then collided with the vessel and fired on it directly as the crew of the schooner tried to resist being boarded by Russian troops.

[moonshot925]

Dzerzhinsky is a Krivak-III class frigate

[MIchaelTArchangel]

Dey be plane fur keeps!

[jody2]

Harbinger of the future as nations stake claims for the undiscovered riches of the sea. That and Obama is pushing the Law of the Sea Treaty allowing an international body to control US seas.

[Frank_2001]

One person “fell” from the vessel “during” the collision.....

Kung-Fu vs. Spetsnaz, AIN’T GONNA WORK;)

[cableguymn]

Obama to come to the Chicoms aid in 3...2...1...

[jazusamo]

I wonder how many of those fishermen said “Oh Crap” (or worse) in Chinese just before that frigate hit them.

[InsidiousMongo]

Can you say RED ON RED?

[ExGeeEye]

I somehow doubt the commitment to true liberalization of a country which does not, as soon as practicable, rename a ship called Dzerzhinsky.

Unless the ship is the namesake of some Russian naval hero or extremely clever botanist by that name...

[skeeter]

The chinese need to get spanked every now & then, as expansionist as they have been over the past few decades.

Gotta show em where the line is, I guess.

[moonshot925]

Dzerzhinsky was commissioned in December 1984. Before the collapse of the USSR.

The Russians don’t usually change the name of ships that have already been commissioned.

[ExGeeEye]

You, know, I kind of figured both of those.

Even so, renaming it Solzhenytsin or Sakharov would have been pretty good PR.

[Ax]

Named after “Iron Feliks,” of the NKVD/KGB fame.

[cunning_fish]

In fact in Russia border guards are branch of KGB (later FSB).

[RedMDer]

Click the link. The Republic you save may be your own.

[Charles Martel]

Squid poaching. Hmm, this might just be the first article I’ve ever seen about that subject. Surrender the calamari!!

[Ax]

I believe that the Border Guards had their own Directorate in the old KGB.

[Fiji Hill]

Calling a Russian warship the Dzerzhinsky would be like calling a German warship the Himmler.

[Strategerist]

The other interesting thing is that Dzerhinsky was actually Polish.

[USAFJeeper]

And I bet... Russia will not FING APOLOGIZE! Get a clue Democrats

[dfwgator]

He was also the host of Russia's Top-Rated Game Show