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RNZ News
4 days ago
- Politics
- RNZ News
Major Ukrainian drone attacks sow chaos at Moscow's airports
Moscow's Sheremetyevo Airport (file image). Photo: AFP / Natalia Kolesnikova Major Ukrainian drone attacks on Russia sowed chaos at major airports serving Moscow on Monday, with thousands of passengers waiting in lines or sleeping on the floor after flights were cancelled or delayed, Russian media reported. Videos published by Russian media showed people sleeping on the floor of Sheremetyevo, Russia's busiest airport by passenger numbers, amid long queues. Russia's defence ministry said it had downed 117 drones overnight, including 30 over the Moscow region, after downing 172 drones, including 30 over the Moscow region, the previous day. Russia's civil aviation authority, Rosaviatsiya, briefly imposed restrictions on flights overnight at Moscow's main airports - Sheremetyevo, Vnukovo, Domodedovo and Zhukovskiy. Several thousand people were stranded in the far east of Russia due to the cancellation of flights in European Russia, while extra trains were put on to bring passengers back to Moscow from the northern Russian city of St Petersburg, Russian media said. Moscow and its surrounding region has a population of at least 21.5 million. - Reuters
Reuters
5 days ago
- Politics
- Reuters
Moscow mayor says air defence systems downed two drones en route to Moscow
MOSCOW, July 19 (Reuters) - Moscow mayor Sergei Sobyanin said on Saturday that air defence systems had downed two drones en route to Russia's capital. "Another drone attack on Moscow has been repelled. Emergency services specialists are working at the site where the debris fell," he said on Telegram. Russian aviation watchdog Rosaviatsia said on Saturday that two Moscow airports - Vnukovo and Domodedovo - had suspended arrivals and departures to ensure air safety.
CBS News
6 days ago
- Politics
- CBS News
American-Russian woman arrested at Moscow airport for allegedly smuggling gun in her suitcase
Russian customs agents arrested a Russian-American woman at a Moscow airport for trying to bring a gun into the country in her suitcase, officials said Friday. Russia's Federal Customs Service said the woman, an unnamed dual citizen, was travelling from the United States via Turkey and was stopped at Moscow Vnukovo airport. "Vnukovo customs officers stopped the illegal import of a pistol and a bank check worth $138,000," it said on social media. The Federal Customs Service of Russia said on social media that officers had stopped her during a random control check in the green lane of the customs corridor of the airport, used by passengers who do not have goods to declare. "The suitcase was found to contain an American Colt Commander, .45 caliber with three empty magazines," it said, while posting an image of the purported gun and magazines. The woman -- who lives in the United States -- had said she was "unaware of the need to declare the goods," it added. Russia -- which has strict gun laws -- opened a criminal case against her for smuggling firearms. Russia has imprisoned several Americans as tensions with Washington soared in recent years. Paul Whelan, Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich and teacher Marc Fogel were all designated wrongfully detained by the U.S. government, along with dual U.S.-Russian national Ksenia Karelina. All four of those Americans have been freed in prisoner swaps with Moscow. Among the U.S. nationals still jailed in Russia is U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Gordon Black, whose three-year, nine-month prison sentence for robbing and threatening his Russian girlfriend was reduced in April by seven months. Robert Gilman, 72, is currently serving a 3 1/2-year sentence in Russia for assaulting a police officer, and Travis Leake, a musician convicted on drug charges, was sentenced to 13 years in prison last summer. A Russian court sentenced another 72-year-old American, Stephen Hubbard, to nearly seven years in prison last October for fighting alongside Ukraine's military. More recently, American Joseph Tater was arrested in Russia in August 2024 after an apparent tussle with hotel staff and then forcibly admitted to a psychiatric hospital this April. He left Russia last month, state media reported, without ever standing trial.
Al Arabiya
6 days ago
- Politics
- Al Arabiya
Russia arrests US-Russian woman at airport for allegedly smuggling gun
Russian customs agents arrested a Russian-American woman at a Moscow airport for trying to bring a gun into the country in her suitcase, officials said Friday. Russia's Federal Customs Service said the woman, a dual citizen, was travelling from the United States via Turkey and was stopped at Moscow Vnukovo airport. 'Vnukovo customs officers stopped the illegal import of a pistol and a bank cheque worth $138,000,' it said on social media. The customs service said officers had stopped her during a random control check in the green lane of the customs corridor of the airport, used by passengers who do not have goods to declare. 'The suitcase was found to contain an American Colt Commander, .45 caliber with three empty magazines,' it said. The woman -- who lives in the United States -- had said she was 'unaware of the need to declare the goods,' it added. Russia -- which has strict gun laws -- opened a criminal case against her for smuggling firearms. Moscow has arrested several US citizens since launching its Ukraine offensive in 2022 -- but the trend has slowed since Donald Trump returned to the White House.
News.com.au
6 days ago
- Politics
- News.com.au
Russia arrests US-Russian woman accused of smuggling gun
Russian customs agents arrested a Russian-American woman at a Moscow airport for trying to bring a gun into the country in her suitcase, officials said Friday. Russia's Federal Customs Service said the woman, a dual citizen, was travelling from the United States via Turkey and was stopped at Moscow Vnukovo airport. "Vnukovo customs officers stopped the illegal import of a pistol and a bank cheque worth $138,000," it said on social media. The customs service said officers had stopped her during a random control check in the green lane of the customs corridor of the airport, used by passengers who do not have goods to declare. "The suitcase was found to contain an American Colt Commander, .45 calibre with three empty magazines," it said. The woman -- who lives in the United States -- had said she was "unaware of the need to declare the goods," it added. Russia -- which has strict gun laws -- opened a criminal case against her for smuggling firearms. Moscow has arrested several US citizens since launching its Ukraine offensive in 2022 -- but the trend has slowed since Donald Trump returned to the White House.
