Zakharova announced the diplomats' contacts with relatives of the mountaineer Nagovitsina.

Russian diplomats have been in contact with relatives of climber Natalia Nagovitsina, who is stuck on Victory Peak in Kyrgyzstan. This was announced on August 26 by the official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova.

"From the first day of receiving the information, the Russian Embassy in Kyrgyzstan and the central office of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs did everything possible to step up efforts to rescue (Nagovitsina). Diplomats, among others, were in contact with relatives," she said in an interview with RIA Novosti, commenting on reports about the appeal of the climber's son to the Russian Foreign Ministry.

Earlier, Nagovitsina's son Mikhail asked Alexander Bastrykin, Chairman of the Investigative Committee of Russia, Igor Krasnov, Prosecutor General, and the Russian Foreign Ministry to help save his mother. In turn, Bastrykin instructed to appeal to the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the Russian Federation with a request to search for Nagovitsina as soon as possible.

The fact that 47-year-old Nagovitsina was stuck at Victory Peak became known on August 19. She broke her leg during the descent and has been at altitude for about two weeks. Vera Belikova, the administrator of the Karkira base camp, called the climber a very strong and calm person. She has already had experience of climbing mountain peaks in the past, and many climbers know her.

Later, on August 23, it became known that the Italian climber Luca Sinigaglia, who tried to save Nagovitsina, suffered frostbite on his right hand and subsequently died of cerebral edema. On the same day, the head of the mountaineering base camp, Dmitry Grekov, announced the completion of the rescue operation at that time. On August 25, Kyrgyz climber Nail Muratov announced that evacuation attempts could resume no earlier than July 2026.

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