RUSSIAN SAILORS RELEASED FROM NIGERIAN PRISON
By Petros Keshishian
AZG Armenian Daily #164
14/09/2005
Russia
Azg informed on September 10 that the Nigerian court decided to release
12 Russian sailors charged with smuggling. Our newspaper also cited
the words of Ara Abrahamian, Goodwill Ambassador of UNESCO, who said
that the sailors will be released on Monday and will be waiting for
the final decision of the court at RF Embassy to Nigeria or at the
Russian Trade Office.
RIA agency informed that the court decided to release the Russian
sailors.
“My representative in Nigeria and the new lawyer of the Russian
sailors went to the prison to transfer them to RF Trade Office so
that they can stay there until the court takes its final decision,”
Ara Abrahamian said in his interview to Azg.
Ara Abrahamian who closely cooperates with RF Foreign Ministry
considers the release of the Russian sailors the victory of Russian
diplomats. “No matter what the Nigerian court decided, the final
decision is after the President of Nigeria,” Mr. Abrahamian emphasized.
RF Embassy prepared apartments and all the required furniture for
the stay of the Russian sailors at the RF Trade Office in Lagos.
