This week we discuss the 2015 sinking of the Russian freezer trawler Dalniy Vostok [Дальний Восток] in the Sea of Okhotsk.
*Originally released 9/6/21; edited and re-uploaded 3/16/22
Sources referred to in the episode:
An animated representation of the sinking of Дальний Восток
Short interview footage with one of the survivors (with English subtitles)
ТАСС-English article from 4/7/15
'Крушение траулера "Дальний Восток" в Охотском море' - Александр Крылов
- RIA Novosti article that was the primary Russian-language source for the episode
Затонувший траулер в Охотском море погубила жадность хозяев
- Komsomolskaya Pravda article
Russian trawler sinks off Kamchatka with 56 dead
- BBC News
'Trawler tragedy lifts veil on illegal recruitment' - Wa Lone and Laignee Barron
- The Myanmar Times