Residence of the Ambassador of the Russian Federation in Nepal continue to search for Russian tourists, who didn't contact after the earthquake, said the press attache of the Embassy Azret Botashev.

"the residence of the Ambassador engaged in the search of those Russian tourists who didn't contact. Their amount was in practice very few - just a handful, " said Botashev in the air.

"At the moment of time of all the citizens of Russia, who we were looking for, nobody died," - said the press officer. He noted that, in Addition to the girl with a broken leg, received no damage.

in addition, Botashev said that on this night, the aftershocks continued.


An earthquake of magnitude 7, 9 occurred in Nepal on the morning of 25 April. The epicenter was located 82 kilometres North-West of the capital Kathmandu, the center lies at a depth of fifteen kilometers. A day later Nepal again shocked by a series of aftershocks, the magnitude of the most powerful of which was 6, 7. First it was claimed that the number of victims of earthquake has reached nearly 5, 5 thousand people. On Wednesday, the two sides of the emergencies Ministry evacuated from the capital of Nepal 128 Russians, as well as Tajikistan, Kazakhstan, Latvia and Ukraine.

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