Tracking Putin’s Flight to India: Inside the Hunt for the ‘Flying Kremlin’ (2025)
How flight trackers spotted Vladimir Putin's Il-96-300PU "Flying Kremlin" en route to India. Inside the cat-and-mouse game of tracking RSD callsigns and decoy planes.
While the world’s cameras were fixed on the red carpet at New Delhi’s Palam Air Force Station today, a different kind of audience was watching the arrival of Russian President Vladimir Putin from thousands of miles away—on their screens. As the Russian leader touched down for a crucial two-day summit with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, thousands of...
