MOSCOW, Oct. 25 (UPI) -- Three Russian merchant marine officers detained in Libya since September 2015 were released, the Russian Foreign Ministry announced Tuesday.
Seven crewmen of the oil tanker Mekhanik Chebotarev were released earlier, but the three officers -- Andrei Krynin, Stanislav Sirotkin and Valery Savitsky – left for Russia after a delegation led by Adam Delimkhanov, cousin of Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov, secured their release.