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President Vladimir Putin was informed about an attack on Russian diplomats in Iraq

April 6, 2003

President Putin instructed the Russian Foreign Ministry to take all possible measures to give assistance to the victims of the attack and evacuate the team of Russian diplomats from Iraq.

On April 6, while moving towards the Iraqi-Syrian border, a motorcade of vehicles carrying officials of the Russian Embassy in Iraq, including the Russian Ambassador, was attacked. Several people were wounded.

April 6, 2003