Russia wants to fight pirates in Somalia's waters
ussia, which sent a warship to Somalia’s coast to combat pirates, asked the African nation on Thursday for carte blanche to use force in its territorial waters. Last month Moscow sent the frigate “Neustrashimy” — or “Fearless” — to the Gulf of Aden, and the Russian navy said at the time that its ships would regularly head to zones where there was a danger from maritime piracy. (Full Story)