Return to Russia of seven pilots who escaped from Taliban captivity in Afghanistan

United Arab Emirates. Abu Dhabi. Special Representative of the President of the Russian Federation B. N. Yeltsin, head of the government delegation to ensure the speedy return to their homeland of the seven Russian pilots who escaped from Taliban captivity in Afghanistan, Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation, Director General of the Russian Information Agency ITAR-TASS Vitaly Nikitich Ignatenko (right, foreground), answering journalists' questions on board a special plane of the Russian Ministry of Civil Defense, Emergencies and Elimination of Consequences of Natural Disasters (EMERCOM of the Russian Federation) upon arrival in the capital of the UAE. Oleg Buldakov/TASS