As promised by the
Russian government, a plane has landed at the Dulles International Airport in
Virginia, to transport the 35 Russian diplomats and their families, who were
expelled by President Obama for their alleged meddling in the presidential
election, back to their country.
The aircraft was
spotted at the airport in Sterling, just outside of Washington, DC, on
Saturday.
The special flight
arrived to pickup the Russian diplomats from across the country who were
labeled 'persona non grata' by Obama and given 72hours to leave the US.U-Haul
trucks were seen pulling up to the aircraft as it was packed down with the
diplomats' belongings.
Crews worked to pack
the truck loads of boxes onto the plane.
The Kremlin
addressed the expulsion on Friday and said they would send the plane to the US
to pick up the expelled diplomats, ensuring that they are out of the country by
Obama's New Year's Day deadline.
In their
announcement on Twitter, the Kremlin included a picture of the Rossiya Special
Flight Squadron aircraft that landed in Virginia.
The plane, an
Ilyushin Il-96, is part of the fleet of aircraft which ferry Russian President
Vladimir Putin, his ministers and senior politicians around Russia and beyond.
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