INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Russia deployed more than 120 rescuers, medics and sniffer pet dogs to Myanmar following a disastrous earthquake that struck the Southeast
Asian nation on Friday, the Emergency Situations Ministry announced over the weekend.The death toll from the 7.7-magnitude earthquakerose to
more than1,700 on Monday as more bodies were pulled from the rubble, the countrys military-led federal government, with thousands more hurt
and over 300 missing.Russias Emergency Situations Ministry, acting on orders from President Vladimir Putin, sent two groups to assist in
search and rescue operations.Myanmars mention broadcaster MRTV reported Sunday that two Russian airplanes bring rescue workers, ambulances
and equipment got here in the capital, Naypyidaw.On Monday, the Russian team relocated to Mandalay among the hardest-hit cities and Myanmars
second-largest where a 30-person advance system, consisting of drone operators and pet dog handlers, began working in the most devastated
areas.Sergei Vorontsov, the head of Russias rescue group, asked local authorities to grant Russian medics access to a healthcare facility to
evaluate its requirements, according to the state-run news company TASS.Russias Emergency Situations Ministry said Russian rescuers worked
with their Chinese counterparts to pull a lady from the debris in Mandalay on Sunday.Myanmars ruling military junta spokesperson Zaw Min Tun
thanked crucial allies China, Russia and India for their support and said authorities were doing their finest to handle the crisis.Russia is
amongst more than a dozen countries, consisting of the United States, that sent help after junta chief Min Aung Hlaing made a rare appeal
for global assistance.AFP contributed reporting.
