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Saturday, November 24, 2012

Warships of Russian Black Sea Fleet are ordered to stay in the eastern part of the Mediterranean Sea


Warships of Russian Black Sea Fleet are ordered to stay in the eastern part of the Mediterranean Sea
Photo ITAR-TASS 
MOSCOW, November 23 (Itar-Tass) — Fulfilling the orders, the convoy of warships of the Russian Black Sea Fleet arrived in the eastern part of the Mediterranean Sea for a possible evacuation of Russian citizens from the Gaza Strip in case of escalation of the Palestinian-Israeli armed conflict, a source in the High Command of the Russian Navy told Itar-Tass on Friday.

“The guards missile-carrying cruiser Moskva and the big landing ship Saratov have arrived in the designated area already on November 20, the border patrol ship Smetlivy and the big landing ship Novocherkassk joined the foresaid warships 1-2 days later, after the refuelling from the big sea tanker Ivan Bubnov. The full convoy of the warships of the Black Sea Fleet arrived in the eastern part of the Mediterranean Sea in order to evacuate Russian citizens from the Gaza Strip in case of escalation of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict,” the Russian naval source said. More>>