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According to the articles on CNN, the ransom started out as $35 million.
http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/09/27/somalia.piracy.ukraine/index.html#cnnSTCText
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(CNN) -- Pirates who seized a Ukrainian vessel loaded with tanks and weapons off the African coast have lowered their ransom demand to $5 million.
Russia has sent this frigate to the Somalia coast after the hijacking of a Ukrainian ship.
Russia has sent this frigate to the Somalia coast after the hijacking of a Ukrainian ship.
The pirates initially demanded $35 million and no military action, said Andrew Mwangura of the Kenya Seafarers Association. They decreased their demands for several reasons, Mwangura said.
Those reasons include that the crew is from eastern Europe and not the United States, the weapons the ship carries are secondhand, and there is no way to unload the tanks without coming onto land, he said.
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