Comment by SiempreViernes
5 days ago
Honestly, I'm not finding it very easy to imagine a Chinese captain speaking Russian, nor that said captain would think its perfectly normal to encounter a Chinese speaking Russian.
And what is the pitch? "Hey, how about committing a very visible crime you will get caught doing and will risk your ability to ever captain again?" Oh yes, very enticing.
Do you imagine that all the worlds sea captains, when in foreign ports, cannot communicate with anyone there?
There was quite likely a large sum of money involved.
The pitch is dubious, but China and Russia share a border. Chinese speaking Russians and Russian speaking Chinese are a dime a dozen.