The plane, part of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s special flight squadron, landed in D.C. just after 2 p.m. local time, having circumvented EU airspace by flying around the Norwegian coastline, public flight data shows.
A flight chartered by the Russian government was sent to Washington, D.C. to pick up “key diplomats” and take them back to Moscow on Tuesday, according to i, a British news outlet. The plane, part of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s special flight squadron, landed in D.C. just after 2 p.m. local time, having circumvented EU airspace by flying around the Norwegian coastline,shows. A U.S.
State Department spokesperson confirmed the flight had been greenlit by the American government, and that it was set to ferry home Russian diplomats “whose assignments have ended.” A former senior U.S. intelligence official told i they believe the plane may also have carried Russian representatives to the U.S., where they could schedule “high-level diplomatic meetings” in Washington if necessary.
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