“As a result of the efforts undertaken, the detained Russians were released.
At present, issues related to their departure from South Sudan are being resolved, ”Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova told reporters.
RIA Novosti quoted her as saying.
As previously reported by blogger Ilya Varlamov, he was detained in the city of Kapoeta in South Sudan along with the publisher of Mediazona Pyotr Verzilov and three other Russians.
According to him, they came to Africa as tourists.
After that, the Russian embassies in Uganda and South Sudan reported that they were in touch with Russian citizens and were making efforts to release them.