11.   Traditional Russian sailor dances are often performed in a line.

12.   Persico and several of the other survivors held out little hope Monday for the trapped Russian sailors.

13.   A Russian sailor shot dead his officer and wounded another serviceman in the second fatal shooting in the military this week, a news agency said Tuesday.

14.   A Russian sailor was kidnapped late last week off a train passing through the region, although he was later released.

15.   A second Russian sailor who was a passenger in the vehicle escaped unharmed, police said.

16.   A Russian sailor died Wednesday night when he drove a car into Otaru Port, Maritime Safety Agency officials said.

17.   A Russian sailor on Tuesday died after accidentally driving into the sea at Otaru port, police said.

18.   Aircraft and ships searched on Friday for a Russian sailor believed to have fallen from a vessel off southern England.

19.   Another Russian sailor died of burns at a Russian naval hospital on Thursday, the fifth victim of an accident aboard a new Russian nuclear missile cruiser.

20.   As relations thaw, Japan warms up to influx of Russian sailors.