"Your forces," he wrote, "fired this morning on a civilian ship flying the flag of my government.
VOA: special.2009.07.23
The large number of sails the Flying Cloud could carry increased the speed of the ship.
VOA: special.2009.12.23
The Flying Cloud was a new kind of ship.
VOA: special.2009.12.23
Some EU countries believe the country under whose flag theship is flying must agree to the inspection, something that could significantly undercut the measure's effectiveness.
Theship has been flying a Curacao flag, but it will be switched to a Russian flag "in order to avoid a possible detention of theship, " the state-run Itar-Tass news agency reported.