This may have little to do with the current string of piracy, or does it?

Eight people have been arrested for hijacking the cargo ship Arctic Sea, Russia's defence minister says.

... the group of suspects included Russian, Estonian and Latvian nationals.

The crew reported having been boarded by up to 10 armed men as the ship sailed through the Baltic Sea, but the intruders were reported to have left the vessel on an inflatable boat after 12 hours.