MOSCOW, July 5. /TASS/. An airborne command post based on the upgraded Ilyushin Il-96-400 aircraft and expected to be delivered to the Russian Defense Ministry this year is not "a doomsday plane ...

The Il-96 aircraft was designed by the Ilyushin Design Bureau in the late 1980s. It has been manufactured inn limited series in Voronezh since 1993 and is mostly used for government flights.

It spent two days in the United States. It is unclear who was on board the Ilyushin Il-96-300, a plane used by high-ranking Russian officials, including heads of special services. When journalists ...

According to the state-run RIA Novosti news agency, the new aircraft is under development in Voronezh and it consists basically of a modified version of the Ilyushin Il-96-400M airliner ...

It spent two days there. It is unknown who was on board the Ilyushin Il-96-300, which is used by the highest officials in Russia, including the heads of special services. When asked by journalists ...