evgeni pregozin. his lawyers did not respond. we also tried to contact wagner but because it officially does not exist, it has no address or phone number or website so we re unable to reach there. and we asked the russian ministry of defense for comment but received no response to our question. a stranded rescue ship carrying more than 100 migrants has submitted an urgent request to dock on an italian island. but italy s italian minister has refused to let the ship into port. that s led some of the migrants to take desperate measures and caused a political firestorm there. reporter: a desperate search for a place to land. migrants seen in this video make a valiant attempt to swim to an italian island sunday after being stranded on a rescue ship in the mediterranean for more than two weeks. the spanish humanitarian ship called open arms rescued more than 130 people in maltese waters august 1st.