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Yahoo
07-05-2025
- Yahoo
Over 60,000 passengers stranded in Russian airports due to drone attacks
Yahoo is using AI to generate takeaways from this article. This means the info may not always match what's in the article. Reporting mistakes helps us improve the experience. Yahoo is using AI to generate takeaways from this article. This means the info may not always match what's in the article. Reporting mistakes helps us improve the experience. Yahoo is using AI to generate takeaways from this article. This means the info may not always match what's in the article. Reporting mistakes helps us improve the experience. Generate Key Takeaways The closure of Russian airports following drone attacks on 6–7 May disrupted travel plans for at least 60,000 passengers and affected at least 350 flights. Source: The Moscow Times, citing data from the Association of Tour Operators in Russia (ATOR) Details: ATOR warned that "this delay will trigger further delays like a domino effect" and urged citizens to check the status of their flights. At Vnukovo Airport alone, around 50 flights were cancelled and over 45 delayed by more than an hour. Forty-three planes were diverted to other airports including Pulkovo, Mineralnye Vody, Ufa, Perm, Saratov and others. At Sheremetyevo Airport, about 100 flights were cancelled and at least 50 delayed. Domodedovo Airport cancelled 20 departures, with more than 70 arrivals delayed. The air traffic restrictions extended beyond Moscow, affecting Sochi, Kazan, Kirov, Nizhnekamsk, Kaluga, Volgograd, Saratov, Samara, Ivanovo, Yaroslavl, Tambov and other cities. In addition, over 30 cities in the central part of Russia experienced internet disruptions. Airlines including Aeroflot, Rossiya, Pobeda, S7, Ural Airlines, Nordwind, NordStar and Azur Air announced flight consolidations or cancellations. Background: Several Russian airlines cancelled dozens of flights on 7 May following drone strikes on Russia. On the night of 6–7 May, drones attacked defence industry facilities in several Russian oblasts, causing major fires. Earlier, Russian authorities claimed that their air defence supposedly downed seven drones flying towards the city of Moscow on the night of 6-7 May. Due to the drone threat, Sheremetyevo Airport was also temporarily closed. Support Ukrainska Pravda on Patreon!
Russia Today
13-02-2025
- Politics
- Russia Today
White House confirms prisoner swap with Russia
Russian crypto businessman and computer programmer Aleksandr Vinnik has been released from a US prison as part of a prisoner exchange with Moscow, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt confirmed on Wednesday. Vinnik's lawyer, Frederic Belot, told TASS on Wednesday night that he received 'confirmation from the Department of State' that his client had been released. Speaking to reporters at the White House, Leavitt said the prisoner exchange was a 'very good deal for the United States of America and for the rest of the world.' 'As you know, we have confirmed that the Russian will be returning home very soon,' the spokeswoman said, calling Vinnik a 'nonviolent crypto criminal' who, as part of the exchange, 'has forfeited more than $100 million.' READ MORE: Russian national to be released by US named 'And in exchange, of course, we got Marc Fogel, who is a middle school teacher who kissed the American soil, kissed the ground last night when he returned to the United States of America,' she added. The exchange is unlikely to facilitate a breakthrough in relations between Moscow and Washington but could contribute to a gradual rebuilding of trust, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said earlier in the day. Vinnik, a computer programmer involved in cryptocurrency, was arrested in Greece in 2017. Russia, the US, and France had all sought his extradition on various charges, including hacking, fraud, and money laundering. In 2020, he was extradited to France but ultimately ended up in US custody two years later. He pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit money laundering in May 2024. Vinnik has repeatedly expressed his preference to face charges in Russia rather than abroad, citing a desire to remain closer to his family. READ MORE: Russia treated US 'very nicely' – Trump Marc Fogel was a teacher at an elite Anglo-American school in Moscow at the time of his arrest, though he had previously worked at the US Embassy in Russia. He lost his diplomatic immunity in May 2021. In August of that year, he was detained at Sheremetyevo Airport in Moscow after authorities found marijuana and hashish oil in his possession. He was later sentenced to 14 years in prison after Russian officials accused him of attempting to establish a drug trafficking route.
Yahoo
11-02-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
American school teacher Marc Fogel is freed from a Russian prison, White House says
American school teacher Marc Fogel, who has been in prison in Russia since being arrested on drug charges in 2021, has been freed, the White House has announced. A statement, released by White House national security adviser Mike Waltz, said that Fogel would be back on U.S. soil by Tuesday evening, where he would be reunited by his family, following 'an exchange' with Russia. The statement also highlighted the successful release of American citizens 'detained around the world' by the Trump administration. "Today, President Donald J. Trump and his Special Envoy Steve Witkoff are able to announce that Mr. Witkoff is leaving Russian airspace with Marc Fogel, an American who was detained by Russia," the statement read. "President Trump, Steve Witkoff and the President's advisors negotiated an exchange that serves as a show of good faith from the Russians and a sign we are moving in the right direction to end the brutal and terrible war in Ukraine." Fogel was arrested in August 2021, after he was caught traveling with 17g of medically prescribed marijuana, according to his family and friends. According to at the time the U.S. State Department told his family 'to remain silent.' 'They did. Days became weeks, weeks became months. The Fogels continued to take their lead from the U.S. State Department who said they were doing everything they could to get Marc home,' the website states. Fogel was sentenced to 14 years in prison in Russia in June 2022. It was not until was October 20214, when Fogel was determined to be "wrongfully detained" by then-Secretary of State Antony Blinken. In the time since his detention, Fogel's family has been outspoken in its criticism of the Biden administration, and accused the former president of 'picking winners and losers' and offering 'special treatment' to the likes of U.S. basketball star Brittney Griner. Griner, 34, was arrested at Sheremetyevo Airport in February 2022 for carrying vape cartridges containing marijuana concentrate hashish oil in her luggage and later received a nine year prison sentence. Fogel's family said they had been 'overshadowed' in the media and with their appeals to the government, by Griner. More follows ...
