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Russian elite's jet makes low-key stopover in South Africa

A Russian-registered Bombardier Global 5000 business jet was banned from refuelling at Cape Town International Airport on Wednesday 6 July and had to make a diversion to the private airport of Lanseria, near Johannesburg, before returning to Cairo at the end of the day, where it had flown from two days earlier. [...]

Published on 08/07/2022 at 06:00 GMT Reading time 2 minutes

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In Focus | Guinea, Russia
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