A Russian yacht was seized by North Korean authorities on Friday and transferred to the port of Rajin in the northeast DPRK, according to the Russian Embassy in North Korea.

According to a statement on the Russian Embassy’s Facebook page, Ambassador Alexander Matsegora is personally following up on the case and has made inquiries with North Korean authorities.

The embassy said “we were told that the yacht “Kataleksa” has been detained since it violated the sovereign governmental border of North Korea,” a translation of the statement reads.

“Currently, the boat is in the port of Rajin,” it continued. “Russian citizens who