Russians were taken out of Guinea

Without light, water and communication
Russians remain in Guinea-Bissau
Eight employees of the Russian embassy remain in the battle-torn capital of Guinea-Bissau, including the Russian Ambassador to this African country, Yuri Chigvintsev. They are in a shelter on the territory of the Russian diplomatic mission. The embassy building was fired from grenade launchers and received serious damage. None of the diplomats were injured.

Since June 7, fighting has been going on in Guinea-Bissau between government forces and rebels led by the former chief of the general staff, General Ansumane Mane. About three thousand foreigners have already left the country. Several hundred foreign citizens, including diplomats, are unable to leave Bissau. On Sunday morning, a Russian Emergency Situations Ministry plane delivered 42 citizens of Russia and the CIS countries from Dakar (Senegal) to the Ramenskoye airfield near Moscow, who were taken out of Guinea-Bissau on Thursday evening on board the Chinese bulk carrier Hai Fu 832. In the near future, the evacuation of the remaining Russian embassy employees in the capital Bissau may begin.
In the quarter where the Russian embassy is located, fighting continues. The situation is complicated by the fact that telephone communications with Guinea-Bissau have been interrupted. The water and food supplies in the mission building were supposed to last for four to five weeks, but during yesterday's fighting, a drinking water tank and an electric generator were damaged. However, according to the Foreign Ministry, the remaining employees will be transferred to Russia in the coming days.
ALENA Kommersant-MIKLASHEVSKAYA, LEONID Kommersant-PANIN

Newspaper "Kommersant" No. 105 dated June 16, 1998, p. 5

Themes:

Guinea and its relations with the world