Following the disaster whereby the Russian trawler ‘Dalniy Vostok’ sunk in the Sea of Okhotsk off of the Kamchatka peninsula, President James Michel has sent a letter of condolence to his Russian counterpart Mr Vladimir Putin.

In his message, President Michel noted “the Government and people of Seychelles join me in expressing our heartfelt sympathies and deepest condolences, to the people of Russia and the families of the victims following this tragic loss of human life.”