Perhaps there's a solution to this situation that would have made all parties happy by following their own logic.    Somali people are largely Muslim, are they not? If so, then after the Russian sailors relieved them of their weapons and the motor on their boats they should have followed Islamic law by also relieving them of their hands as punishment for trying to steal.    The Somalis could then be lowered back into their motorless boats to safely navigate their way back to shore in order to live peaceful lives, having obviously learned their lesson.    Almost forgot...since we have to be humanitarian here and the boats have no motors any longer (after all, the Russians do have to assure themselves that they will not be attacked by the same people immediately after releasing them) then the Russian sailors should provide the Somalis with hand oars. ;)