Zakharova clarified the situation with the dispatch of the IL-96 "Russia" special board to New York

Flight to New York The IL-96 aircraft of the special Flight detachment (SLO) "Russia" is a regular export flight that delivered new employees to the USA and will pick up those returning from a business trip. This answer was given to TASS by the official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova.

Earlier, the media reported that the board of the SLO "Russia" on Wednesday made a flight from St. Petersburg to New York.

"This is a regular export flight. There are several of them per year. He takes new employees to Washington and New York, and on the way back he picks up employees returning from a business trip," Zakharova said.