SYDNEY, January 02, /ITAR-TASS/. The evacuation of passengers from Russia’s Akademik Shakalsky is over, the ship’s Captain Igor Kiselyov said.
“The helicopter has taken aboard the remaining passengers and headed for the Australian icebreaker,” he said.
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