1.   As his marriage crumbled, he hopped a Russian freighter and toured the Soviet Union.

2.   A U.S. Navy intelligence officer assigned to the unit suffered eye burns from a laser while photographing a Russian freighter from a helicopter.

3.   All three hijackers and a pilot on board were rescued by a Russian freighter.

4.   One Puerto Rican man died when he fell while boarding up his windows, and a Russian freighter ran aground near the entrance to San Juan Bay.

5.   The aging Russian freighter did not seem menacing, just another maritime pack animal hauling scrap metal or waste paper or some other bulk leftover.

6.   The crew was rescued by a Russian freighter that responded to a distress call.

7.   The men were rescued by a Russian freighter and eventually stood trial in Tampa for hijacking, but were acquitted.

8.   -- A Russian freighter crashed into a Japanese freighter in waters off northern Japan but no one was injured.

9.   A man claiming to be a defector from North Korea has surrendered himself after stowing away on a Russian freighter, police said Thursday.

10.   A rusty Russian freighter carrying hundreds of Liberian refugees remained stranded at sea Monday after Ghana again refused to let it dock.