Foreign Ministry: " Quiet " diplomacy helped to free the citizens of Russia in Libya
Consistent And persistent steps of the capital of Russia for the liberation of occupied Libya Russian citizens helped the company to successfully carry out the operation for Their release, " quiet " diplomacy gave the result, said the special representative of the President of the Russian Federation for the Middle East, Deputy foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov. " From the very beginning consistently, purposefully engaged in this problem. In the end our persistent efforts, " quiet " diplomacy yielded results. And this is Very important for us, " said Bogdanov, quoted by RIA " Novosti ". However, he did not announce details of the operation to free the citizens of Russia." I think that until not the time to spread on this issue, " the diplomat said. On Tuesday, the official representative of the Foreign Ministry Alexander Lukashevich said that all the detainees in Libya in 2011 Russian nationals returned home And are in good health. Remember, two Russians, 19 Ukrainians And three Belarusians were caught in autumn 2011 by the Transitional national Council of Libya. They are suspected of involvement in hostilities on the side of the forces of Muammar Gaddafi. Russian Alexander Shadrov, which was charged with coordinating group, was sentenced to life imprisonment. Other defendants, as well as among them the second Citizen of Russia Vladimir Dolgov, to 10 years in prison with correctional labor. In the Ministry of foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation has repeatedly stated that the residence of the Russian Ambassador in Libya is making efforts to revise the verdict of the two Russians.
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