ロシア軍艦、黒海で沈没　トルコ沖で貨物船と衝突

　トルコのメディアなどによると、トルコ沖の黒海で２７日、ロシア海軍の軍艦と貨物船が衝突し、軍艦が沈没した。乗船していた７８人は全員無事だった。

現場はボスポラス海峡の黒海側入り口の北西約４０キロ。ロシアの軍艦は情報収集艦だったと伝えられている。貨物船は多数の家畜を積んでおり、船員は全員無事だった。当時、付近は濃い霧が出ていたという。（共同）

http://www.sankei.com/world/news/170427/wor1704270063-n1.html

Paul Ahyi - Wikipedia via kwout

Russia confirmed earlier that the hull of the Liman, part of its Black Sea Fleet, had sustained a breach, with crew working to keep it afloat.

The cause of the collision is unclear but fog was reported in the area.

The ship hit a Togo-flagged boat carrying livestock, Turkish media say.

Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim called his Russian counterpart, Dmitry Medvedev, to express his sadness over the collision, sources in the Turkish prime minister's office were quoted by Reuters news agency as saying.

The Russian Black Sea Fleet (BSF) passes through the Bosphorus Strait for deployments in the Mediterranean, notably in Syria.

All 78 crew aboard the Liman were safely evacuated, the Turkish coastal authority said in a statement (in Turkish) on its website.

It collided with the Youzarsif H freighter, reportedly 29km (18 miles) from the Turkish town of Kilyos on the Black Sea coast just north of the city of Istanbul, and had sunk by 14:48 (11:48 GMT).

It was not clear whether either vessel was heading to the Bosphorus Strait at the time, Reuters news agency reports.

The BSF said the Russian crew had followed all the rules of sailing and manoeuvring and it suggested the incident had been caused by the other ship, Russia's Interfax news agency reports.

A former commander of the fleet, Adm Viktor Kravchenko, told Interfax the event was "out of the ordinary".

"There have been collisions but I do not remember a case like this, of a vessel, a warship sinking after it," he said.

The freighter reportedly sustained minor damage in the incident.

Built in Gdansk, Poland, the Liman was launched in 1970, when it served with the USSR's Northern Fleet before joining the BSF in 1974, according to the kchf.ru naval website (in Russian).

Based at Sevastopol in Crimea, the territory annexed from Ukraine by Russia in 2014, it was a regular visitor to the Syrian port of Tartus for decades, the site notes.

In 1999, the Liman made international headlines when it was deployed to the Mediterranean to monitor Nato operations against Yugoslavia.
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Paul Ahyi (January 15, 1930 – January 4, 2010^[1]) was a Togolese artist, sculptor, architect, painter, interior designer and author. Ahyi is credited with designing of the flag of Togo.^[1]
Ahyi was known for his massive outdoor artworks, reliefs and sculptures, including his contributions to the Independence Monument in Lomé, which commemorates the country's independence from France. Other outdoor sculptures and statues by Ahyi can be found on buildings and in parks throughout Togo, as well as the Vatican, Senegal, Benin, Côte d’Ivoire, Nigeria and South Korea.^[2]

He also created his pieces using a wide array of mediums including jewelry, pottery, ceramics and tapestries. He was also an interior designer who created household objects and art pieces.^[2]

Ahyi received numerous awards, honors and recognitions through his career. In 1961, he was bestowed the Médaille d’Or des Métiers d’Arts in Paris.^[1] Ahyi was made an Officer of the Ordre du Mono in Togo in 1970.^[1] He was inducted as a Commander of the Ordre des Palmes Académiques in 1985 and an Officer of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, also in 1985.^[1]
Ahyi was designated a UNESCO Artist for Peace in a ceremony held in Paris on September 10, 2009.^[1] Former UNESCO Director-General Koichiro Matsuura honored Ahyi for his "contribution to the promotion of UNESCO’s ideals through his artistic activities."^[2] Korean soprano Sumi Jo, Cameroonian musician Manu Dibango, the Philippine Madrigal Singers and Brazilian musician Gilberto Gil were simultaneously named Artists for Peace at the same time as Ahyi.^[2]