The Japanese say the powerboat repeatedly came very close to the factory ship, the Nisshin Maru, while activists tried to entangle its rudder and propeller with a rope.
VOA: standard.2010.01.06
Another tabloid, Moskovsky Komsomolets, likened Mr Berezovsky to a "giant spider who managed toentangle so many top officials in his web".
Non-toxic, slippery chemicals, designed to prevent the wheels of a vehicle from gaining traction, are also in development, as are spiked nets which can be laid flat on roads toentangle wheels.
And after much talk of "wormholes" and "parallel universes, " came a conclusion: "We are still very far away from being able toentangle and teleport human beings and bulk inanimate objects, " reads page 46 of the report (PDF file).