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Russian pilot of hijacked helicopter in Sudan free and fine
Published: 30 July, 2010, 12:09
Edited: 31 July, 2010, 12:28
TAGS: Conflict, Military, UN, Africa, Russia, Human rights
The pilot of an Mi-8 Russian helicopter with nine people on board, which was hijacked in Darfur on Monday, is now at the UN mission in the Sudanese province.
The helicopter belonged to Russian airline company Yutair, and was carrying out support missions for UN’s and African Union’s joint peacekeeping force in Darfur. The missions were being carried out under a UN contract.
Of the nine people aboard the helicopter, four crew-members were Russian citizens and five passengers were Sudanese. No one was injured in the hijack and the aircraft was not damaged.
On Tuesday, the aircraft and three of the four pilots were recovered, while the last pilot, Evgeny Mostovshikov, remained in captivity until Thursday.
Presently he is free and his health condition is satisfactory.
The Russian embassy in Khartoum worked together with the Sudanese government to ensure the fast release of the kidnapped Russian airmen.
Violence against foreign aid workers in Sudan has escalated over the past year, after the International Criminal Court issued a pre-trial arrest warrant for Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir over charges of crimes against humanity committed in Darfur.
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I am glad he the helicopter crew are okay. That's really good. How is the other pilot kidnapped and covertly brought into the US? I hope he will be freed from is illegal trial.
“The U.S. Special Operations Command would like to buy a few Mi-17s of its own, so that special forces carrying out clandestine missions could cloak the fact that they are American. ‘We would like to have some to blend in and do things,’ said a senior U.S. military official, speaking on condition of anonymity to discuss the clandestine program.” ==================== Perhaps "friends and partners" efforts to Russianize occupation of Afghanistan have contributed and will continue to contribute to attacks on Russian assets abroad. The Anglo-American will stop at nothing to drag Russia into their Crusade against Islam. They have no more respect for Russian lives than they do for Muslims. They is the equal opportunity racist.
Srbin Russia will not join a Crusade against the Muslim world for Russia has been the protector of the Muslim world during the Soviet era and even today.