Did Putin fear NATO would SHOOT HIS JET as he flew to G20?
Records show his plane took 300 mile detour to avoid flying in NATO air space
Data from FlightRadar24 reveals plane carrying Putin avoided Poland and the Baltic States
It has raised questions about whether the president feared being shot down
The Kremlin has declined to comment on the reasons for the lengthy detour
Poland and the Baltic states of Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia have been particularly vocal in their criticism of Moscow
PUBLISHED: 20:52 BST, 7 July 2017 | UPDATED: 15:27 BST, 8 July 2017
A plane carrying Russian President Vladimir Putin made a 300 mile detour to avoid flying over Poland and the Baltic States on his way to the G20 summit, it has emerged.
It has raised questions about whether Putin feared being shot down amid heightened tensions with NATO.
According to the FlightRadar24 website, the Russian government jet flying from Moscow to Hamburg on Thursday deviated from the direct route over Belarus and Poland.
Poland and the Baltic states of Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia have been particularly vocal in their criticism of Moscow since Russia annexed Crimea from Ukraine in 2014.
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It wouldn't be the first time. There is a body of opinion that Mr. Putin's plane was the intended target in the Ukrainian shoot down of MH17. For a short period of time they flew intersecting courses.
“I can say that Putin’s plane and the Malaysian Boeing intersected at the same point and the same echelon. That was close to Warsaw on 330-m echelon at the height of 10,100 meters. The presidential jet was there at 16:21 Moscow time and the Malaysian aircraft - 15:44 Moscow time,” a source told the news agency on condition of anonymity.
"The contours of the aircrafts are similar, linear dimensions are also very similar, as for the coloring, at a quite remote distance they are almost identical", the source added.
https://www.rt.com/news/173672-malaysia-plane-crash-putin/
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