After that, Russia had no alternative but to bring back their embassy staff.
From NOWMedia
Russia said on Thursday it had evacuated its embassy staff from Libya after dozens of protesters attacked its diplomatic mission in Tripoli.
Angry protesters on Wednesday tried to storm the Russian embassy following reports that a Russian woman had killed a Libyan army officer.
Libyan Foreign Minister Mohamed Abdelaziz later visited the embassy and told the Russian ambassador that Libya would not be able to guarantee the safety of Russian embassy staff "at this stage", the Russian foreign ministry said.
"In this situation a decision has been taken to immediately evacuate all employees of our foreign-based missions and their family members from Libya via Tunis," the ministry said in a statement.
Earlier on Thursday all embassy staff and their family members crossed safely into Tunis, the ministry said, adding they planned to fly back to Moscow on Friday.......
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