Board With a Russian pilot Pavel Petrenko, captured by the Taliban in Afghanistan in April of last year, landed on the first day of the week in the evening at the Moscow airport Sheremetyevo. " Thanks to the Russian authorities, which helped to give us back our husband, father and grandfather, " said the wife of the pilot Galina Petrenko, reports TASS.- Six months ago he first called, somewhere half a minute, said, that he was alive and would soon be home. Nothing more. " " thank God Everything ended! Bad thoughts from myself tried to drive, " she confessed.- Hoped that All will be well, and we will not leave our trouble." Answering the Question, where are you going family, Galina Petrenko said, " now wait, say the husband, of course, home wanted (Petrenko from the Ukrainian city of Sumy, but has Russian nationality) "." The Ukrainian authorities immediately said, this is not our people, for this reason it is no Longer addressed, we knew, because it meant, for this reason, appealed to the Russian Ambassador's residence for help, " said the wife of the pilot. Remember, a Russian citizen, was captured by militants armed opposition on April 21, 2013 in the County Azra province Lagar in Eastern Afghanistan after an emergency landing of a manned their MI-8 helicopter owned by private Afghan airline Khorasan cargo airlines. In addition to his beauty was also the second pilot, a citizen of Kyrgyzstan, and the passengers of the helicopter - 7 Inhabitants of Turkey and one citizen of Afghanistan. All of them were taken prisoner and later released. From the time of capture Petrenko Russia has made active efforts to rescuing and returning home. The exemption was put before the Afghan authorities at different levels, and among them especially to the leadership of Afghanistan. The problem was discussed With foreign partners, able to provide the necessary assistance. Appropriate requirements have been through the elders of the tribes and to the Afghan armed opposition. Finally on October 29, a Russian citizen was released and taken to the residence of the Russian Ambassador in Kabul.
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