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[quote:387f8]In total, 142 marines and 28 pieces of military hardware from the Black Sea Fleet’s 382nd Marine Battalion were landed on Ukrainian territory. Ukrainian authorities halted the operation and forced the ship to leave the country’s territorial waters.

The incident, which took place on Wednesday, has raised tensions between Russia and Ukraine who are seeking an agreement on the withdrawal of Russian naval forces from the Crimea.[/quote:387f8]
http://www.mosnews.com/news/2005/03/25/ ... aine.shtml

Also:

Remember the big fuss over Noah’s Arc on Mount Arara a year or two ago?

[quote:387f8]“Everything that we saw, all the samples that we gathered testify to the fact that there is no Noah’s Arc on Ararat’s western slope,” the news agency quoted Vadim Chernobrov, the center’s director, as saying.

“At least after the volcanic eruption of 1840 that destroyed everything, including petrified wood, there can be no talk of the remains of a ship being preserved.”[/quote:387f8]

http://www.mosnews.com/news/2005/03/25/ararat.shtml