Russia's chief prosecutor's office has acknowledged that putting pirates ashore for trial in Kenya is no longer an option, unless Kenyan courts are replaced by a fully-funded international tribunal.rnResponding to questions from Fairplay, Alexander Zvyagintsev provided Russia's longest official response on piracy since his Navy despatched a destroyer squadron to patrol off Somalia last year, but would not disclose the fate of 29 alleged pirates captured by the Admiral Panteleyev on 29 April following an attack on a Russian tanker.rnZvyagintsev, deputy prosecutor-general, hinted Russia is unlikely to try the 12 Pakistanis, 11 Somalis and six Iranians in Moscow, but sending them to Kenyan courts is also unlikely because Kenya will have "serious problems" prosecuting up to 100 men already charged there with Somali piracy.
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