No need to fly with head of state, any diplomat would do (for diplomacy protection).
What about flying to east Russia, refueling there and thats it? Just random idea, I am sure its doable in some way.
By the way it looks simpler and no special charter plane involved:
“He can’t buy a ticket and travel anywhere until he gets a valid set of traveling documents,” said the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity. “For this reason he was not on the list of passengers for a Havana-bound flight today and he hasn’t booked a seat for a Monday flight either.
"Snowden will be able to travel out of Russia as soon as Venezuela or Nicaragua equip him with some valid foreign travel ID now that they offered him asylum," the official added.
Experts agree Havana is the safest transit point for Snowden to use en route to Caracas, a city to which Moscow has no direct flights.
from latimes.com article
|