Special flight with expelled Russian diplomats takes off from Washington

The Russian diplomats, who are forced to come back home upon the demand of the US authorities, have departed from Washington’s Dulles International Airport and are heading to Moscow, spokesman for Russia’s Embassy in the US Nikolai Lakhonin said.


"The plane has taken off," Lakhonin said, adding that all those who were due to leave Washington on January 1 are onboard the flight.

The plane of the Rossiya Special Flight Detachment had been earlier sent to bring the diplomats and their family members back home.
[tass.com]
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