23/ 10/ 2008
MONINO (Moscow Region), October 23 (RIA Novosti) - Russia's Air Force is ready to send a helicopter group with more than 100 servicemen to Chad, the Air Force commander said Thursday.
"Agreements on normative and legal documents have been reached," Col.-Gen. Alexander Zelin told journalists, adding that a deployment date for the group was being coordinated with the European Union, which performs peacekeeping functions in the African country. http://en.rian.ru/world/20081023/117915177.html