Moscow calls on Tripoli to release ICC officials

Konstantin Garibov
Moscow demands that Tripoli should immediately release four representatives of the International Criminal Court (ICC), one of whom is Russian citizen Alexander Khodakov, the ICC secretariat’s adviser for external relations. Russia also insists that UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon should interfere to help resolve the problem.

Note of protest given to Libya – Russia

Russia’s Foreign Ministry has given a note of protest to Libya’s Interim Charge d’Affaires  Fatima Mamluk  over the verdict handed down to the Russian citizens Alexander Shadrov and Vladimir Dolgov, and also to some Ukrainian and Belarusian  citizens.

Libya to honour contracts with Russia

In an interview with the ITAR-TASS news agency Friday, interim Libyan Prime Minister Abdel Rahim Al-Keeb assured Russia that his country would honour all the contracts that it signed with Russian companies in

Will Russians detained in Libya be subject to haggling?

Laaska news  Dec. 23, 2011

The fate of Russians Vladimir Dolgov and Alexander Shadrov detained in Libya will not become the object of bargaining between rival groups, Russian president’s special envoy to Africa Mikhail Margelov who recently visited Tripoli has declared.

LIBYA:Margelov arrives in Tripoli

Laaska news  Dec. 21, 2011

The Russian President’s point man for cooperation with African nations, Mikhail Margelov, has arrived in Tripoli.

He told reporters in a telephone interview that he has a spate of meetings with the leaders of the recently formed Libyan Government and the leadership of the National Transitional Council on his calendar.

Russia supplies Libya with wheat flour

Laaska news  Dec. 13, 2011

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Russia has started supplying wheat flour to Libya as part of the UN relief effort for the North African country. According to the Russian Emergencies Ministry, a ship with 2,000 tons of flour has already set out from St. Petersburg and is heading for Tripoli.

Libya:Russia resumes gas and oil projects in Libya

Laaska News  Nov. 2 ,2011

Mikhail Margelov (С) in Libya. Photo: EPA   

Russia’s Gazpromneft is resuming its operations in Libya, Russia’s Africa envoy Mikhail Margelov said.