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Aljazeera: Russian diplomatic staff leave Yemen’s Sanaa

By Aljazeera.
Female anti-government protestors hold banners during a demonstration demanding the resignation of Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh in Sanaa, Yemen, on April 19, 2011. A Yemeni activist said four anti-government protesters have been wounded after security forces opened fire on demonstrators in south Yemen.
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Russia has suspended its diplomatic presence in Yemen, and all its staff have left the country due to the situation in the capital Sanaa, according to official Russian sources.

Russia’s RIA news agency quoted Maria Zakharova, the country’s foreign ministry spokesperson, as making the announcement on December 12.

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