Russia has sent a government plane to Washington DC to bring a group of diplomats back to Moscow, days after the Wagner group mutiny was quashed.
The State Department confirmed the landing of the plane, and said it was a routine procedure – reminding Russia that they expect them to honor the same protocols for returning U.S. diplomats.
But the move comes amid deep unease at this weekend’s insurgency led by Wagner leader Yevgeny Prigozhin, and will provide officials in Moscow with a chance to hear from the returning diplomats how events were seen in the United States.
The plane, an Ilyushin Il-96-300, took off from Moscow’s Vnukovo International Airport at 10:05am on Tuesday.
It flew a circuitous route, heading directly north to skirt E.U. airspace before crossing the Atlantic.
It landed at Dulles airport in Washington DC at 2:08pm, after an 11 hour journey.
This is the Russian government plane, an Ilyushin Il-96-300, which has been sent from Moscow to pick up diplomats in…
