Russia denies ship carried missiles
• Al Jazeera
Russia has denied a cargo ship whose apparent disappearance sparked an international mystery was carrying S-300 anti-aircraft missiles bound for Iran.
Sergei Lavrov, Russia's foreign minister, on Tuesday dismissed a report in a British newspaper that the Arctic Sea was carrying a batch of the sophisticated Russian-made weapons when it was apparently hijacked by pirates.
"Regarding the S-300s on board the Arctic Sea, this is absolutely untrue," Lavrov said.
Russian investigators also announced they had begun inspecting the ship and so far had only found its official cargo of timber.
