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Source: People’s Republic of China – State Council News
Moscow, June 16 /Xinhua/ — A second group of Russian citizens has been evacuated from Iran across the border with Azerbaijan, the Russian Foreign Ministry said.
“On June 15, 2025, with the participation of the Russian Embassy in Iran and the Russian Embassy in Azerbaijan, the second group of Russian citizens crossed the state border between Iran and Azerbaijan through the Astara checkpoint, returning by land due to the closure of the airspace of the Islamic Republic of Iran as a result of the forceful action of the State of Israel,” the official Telegram channel of the Russian Foreign Ministry says.
A group of 238 people crossed the border, including family members of employees of Russian foreign missions and artists of the P. I. Tchaikovsky Bolshoi Symphony Orchestra. In addition to citizens of the Russian Federation, the group also included citizens of the Republic of Belarus and the Republic of Tajikistan, the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement.
The first group of 86 people (including two children) has already crossed the border between Iran and Azerbaijan, the Russian Embassy in Azerbaijan said on Sunday. The group included a film crew from world-famous Russian director Fyodor Bondarchuk and citizens of the Republic of Belarus, the Republic of Latvia, the Republic of Serbia, the Republic of Uzbekistan and the Republic of Tajikistan. –0–