MOSCOW. Feb 24 (Interfax) - The fourth airplane of the Russian Emergency Situations Ministry carrying Russians and citizens of other countries evacuated from violence-torn Libya has landed at Domodedovo Airport outside Moscow.
"The fourth and last [Yakovlev] Yak-42 airplane of the Russian Emergency Situations Ministry airlifting citizens of Russia and other countries from Libya's capital Tripoli landed at Domodedovo Airport at 9:55 p.m.," a spokesman for the Emergency Situations Ministry told Interfax on Wednesday evening.
Four airplanes sent by the ministry to Libya evacuated a total of 339 people, including Russian citizens working in the country under contract, as well as citizens of foreign countries, the spokesman said.
On Wednesday, the Emergency Situations Ministry started to evacuate Russians from Libya to Turkey by ferry.
"The St. Stefan 2 ferry, which was sent from Montenegro at 7:45 p.m. Moscow time, will pick up Russian citizens in the cities of Sirt and Ra's Lanuf and will deliver them to Turkey," he said.
Once in Turkey, they will be flown back home on airplanes provided by the Russian Emergency Situations Ministry.