Russian State Duma Speaker Vyacheslav VolodinMOSCOW, February 26Speaker of the State Duma of the Russian Federation Vyacheslav Volodin confirmed that Sweden and Finland closed their airspace for the plane of the Russian delegation returning from Cuba, although the flight was agreed in advance. Earlier, members of the delegation, who from February 23 to 24 were on an official visit first, told RIA Novosti about this in Cuba, and then to Nicaragua. «There are questions from journalists: is it true that Sweden and Finland closed the sky for our plane? Yes, it's true. Last night we returned to Moscow after an official visit to Cuba and Nicaragua,» Volodin wrote in on his Telegram channel. He noted that the route was agreed in advance, but European countries refused to let the Russian board. «It happened when they were supposed to enter Swedish airspace,» the parliamentarian added. This made it safe in the situation that developed later. There was enough fuel. Thanks to the pilots who made this decision. Because the travel time increased by 2.5 hours,» he said. Volodin specified that since 2014 he has been under various sanctions from many countries: from USA to Australia. «There was and is no real estate and accounts abroad,» he added. On February 21, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed decrees recognizing the Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics, which had declared independence from Kyiv back in 2014, and on February 24, Russia launched a military operation to demilitarization of Ukraine. In a televised address to fellow citizens, Putin said that circumstances “require decisive and immediate action,” as the Donbass republics asked for help. According to the Russian leader, all responsibility for the bloodshed will be on the conscience of the ruling regime in Ukraine. According to the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, as of the evening of February 25, the Russian army disabled 211 Ukrainian military infrastructure facilities. 2022/02/fc0a9402e91ab8ad3eabbcf7d17cf431.jpg» />Russian companies received notification from three countries to ban flightsPosted by: Natalya Makarova
