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In reply to the discussion: Venezuela's assylum offer: linked to screwing with Morales' flight? [View all]Catherina
(35,568 posts)48. Check this out.
Maduro flew into to Moscow for a 2-day summit on his Airbus A319CJ Presidential jet (classed as a VIP Airliner) which has an air range of 6300 nautical miles, unless they modified it to have more. He then went for a short visit to Minsk, Belarus from where he "hurriedly" flew out.
The air distance from Minsk to Caracas is [link:http://www.flightpedia.org/distance-minsk-belarus-to-caracas-venezuela.html5042] nautical miles, less than from Moscow.
He wouldn't have had to refuel at all in Europe.
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Venezuela's assylum offer: linked to screwing with Morales' flight? [View all]
MannyGoldstein
Jul 2013
OP
Do you think it bodes well for Snowden that the offer is based on "screwing" the U.S.?
ProSense
Jul 2013
#3
Perhaps, but a superpower doing its best rabid dog immitation is scary to @#$% with
MannyGoldstein
Jul 2013
#22
I don't know, but that is the first thing I thought when I read the news. nt
ZombieHorde
Jul 2013
#27
Morales should just take his presidential plane back and taxi him to Venezuela.
morningfog
Jul 2013
#32
It was probably icing on the cake after the US refused to accept the legitimacy of Venezuela's
Starry Messenger
Jul 2013
#36