President Medvedev Orders Aid To Russians In Gaza

[Purveyor]

MOSCOW, December 29 (RIA Novosti) - President Dmitry Medvedev ordered on Monday the Foreign Ministry to provide aid to Russians in the Gaza Strip and evacuate them if necessary amid Israel's military attack on the Palestinian region.

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Following the president's instructions, the Foreign and Emergency Situations ministries are considering how to provide aid or carry out an evacuation procedure.

"We are working out the details of a plan to provide assistance to Russians and to evacuate them if necessary," a Foreign Ministry spokesman told RIA Novosti.

Evacuation coordinator on the Palestinian side, Yelena Alyan, told RIA Novosti Monday that about 200 Russian and CIS nationals have applied to be evacuated from Gaza. The evacuation plan is being prepared by Russian diplomats.

The evacuation lists contain 122 Russians, four Belarusians, 38 Ukrainians, 30 Moldovans and five Kazakhs.

There are at least 250 Russian citizens in the Gaza Strip, most of them wives and children of Palestinians who studied at Russian universities.

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RIA NOVOSTI: http://en.rian.ru/russia/20081229/119221140.html

[ashling]

1. I'd like to see the Israeli's ram a Russian Aid Ship

Not really.

Emehrgency! Emehrgency! Everyone to get from Strip!

[billyoc]

2. E-german-cy!

:rofl:

[ProgressiveProfessor]

3. Won't happen since the Russians won't violate and exclusion zone

There will be a coordination effort and they will exit from one of the established checkpoints. The hard part will be getting them there as a group