Moscow, Feb 18: Ahead of a possible US-led military strike on Saddam regime, Russia has begun evacuation of its nationals from Iraq. "Baghdad has decided to evacuate over one thousand nationals, mostly oil experts and their dependants working and living in Iraq" Russian state TV network said quoting Russian Embassy sources in Iraq. Earlier the Russian foreign ministry had said that it has evolved a contingency plan for the evacuation of Russian citizens in case of an outbreak of hostilities in the region. Bureau Report