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Alexander Tsygankov, Lukoil Executive Detained in Libya

12-05-2007

Russian Foreign Ministry’s spokesman Mikhail Kamynin  have confirmed that executive of the LUKOIL Overseas Company Alexander Tsygankov has been detained in Tripoli, Libya.

“The case is being investigated. I don’t think that we need larger commentary at this point,” Kamynin said.

“Officers of the Russian embassy in the country have already met with Tsygankov. We have used the Russia’s Interior Ministry’s and our embassy’s leverage to find out the reasons of the detainment of the Russian citizen and to ensure his release as soon as possible. We are counting on the incident’s being settled promptly.”

Alexander Tsygankov was detained in Libya in the end of November and he hasn’t been charged yet. The embassy’s officers commented that the diplomats were taking efforts to free the Russian citizen as soon as possible.