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LANDING NOW!
Aeroflot jet with #Snowden onboard descending in to airport in #Moscow pic.twitter.com/UvIBIQdQu8 via @flightradar24 http://t.co/iWpyC5cic6
— RT (@RT_com) June 23, 2013
The flight, on which Snowden is allegedly due to arrive, is less than an hour from Moscow.
Getting closer.
Lots of head fakes, misinfo and disinfo. As should probably be expected when one is on the run:
Though @RT_com is reporting #snowden already in #Moscow, they have 2 news vans outside of the airport pic.twitter.com/A3UP9ppXIe
— Ben Solomon (@bcsolomon) June 23, 2013
BREAKING! According to RT, Snowden is ALREADY in Moscow.
BREAKING: #Snowden is already in Moscow – RT’s source http://t.co/8CJew5QeqP
— RT (@RT_com) June 23, 2013
Which means there were earlier headfakes, including from the government of Hong Kong which claimed he was on Aeroflot flight 213.
BREAKING UPDATE: Hong Kong authorities confirm #Snowden en route to Moscow http://t.co/iWpyC5cic6
— RT (@RT_com) June 23, 2013
Moscow, I can almost see you now!
- Read the Hong Kong government FU here.
Meanwhile, the HKSAR Government has formally written to the US Government requesting clarification on earlier reports about the hacking of computer systems in Hong Kong by US government agencies.