WASHINGTON, may 5 – RIA Novosti. Almost 300 Russians flew from Los Angeles to Moscow on Monday evening, said Russian Ambassador to the U.S. Anatoly Antonov.
According to him, due to the fact that information about the flight in the Embassy knew in advance, failed to ensure the arrival at the airport of Los Angeles 12 Russian citizens who were on the remote Pacific island territories – GUAM and Hawaii.
Antonov said that the plane’s 38 passengers from Sebastopol, Tatarstan, Irkutsk, Samara, Sverdlovsk, Tyumen and Ulyanovsk regions. It is important that 45 people from St. Petersburg will be delivered directly to his home in Northern capital.
“Among the passengers of the flight, 49 people from the so-called “humanitarian” list generated by the diplomats of the Embassy. Its membership included the compatriots who are in difficult life situations, held in USA treatment and rehabilitation with a disability, older people,” said the Ambassador.
the Plane took off at 16:05 local time (2:05 GMT on Tuesday). The flight was the fourth for the removal of the Russians from the United States in connection with the cancellation of a regular flight because of the pandemic of coronavirus in the world.
Aeroflot RIA Novosti reported that the plane would follow the route Los Angeles – St. Petersburg – Moscow.
the airline said that to Saint Petersburg fly 45 people, including 43 adults and a child and two babies. To Moscow, according to the source, flying 253 people, of whom 244 adults and nine babies.
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