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The Russian Federation, in the wake of the grounding and arrest of a Belarusian blogger, is bringing up an old incident back in 2013 that left Bolivian President Evo Morales fuming and the rest of Latin America in uproar.

Basically, Evo Morales had been attending some conference in Moscow, at which he had given an interview in the course of which he left the impression he was amenable to giving the wanted Snowden asylum.

That aroused Snowden hunters. Probably more than Evo Morales intended. His plane bound for Bolivia was denied overflight by France, Portugal, and was forced to land in Austria where Evo was blocked for some 14 hours. Some reports- not clear- state his plane was searched for the wanted Snowden.

It appears Ukraine pulled some stunt as well with a Belarus airline. The Belarusan plane was bound for Minsk from Kiev, and shortly before crossing from Ukrainian into Belarusan air space it was ordered to return back to Kiev, with the warning that fighter jets will be sent after it if it did not comply. Some ruffian not quite popular with Kievan authorities was pulled out. Maybe somebody knows more about this.

But does Russia have a point? Is there a double standard?





Evo Morales to RT: Plane-grounding debacle will never be forgotten in South America



Bolivian President Evo Morales has threatened “measures” against European countries in response to the grounding of his plane in Vienna last week, demanding they reveal the source of false information that Edward Snowden was on board.
“We are expecting European countries that forced me to land to explain what made them think I was transporting the fugitive US citizen. Where did this information come from, and why are they breaking international laws? If we in South America are not given that explanation, we will have to take measures,” the socialist politician said during an interview with RT in La Paz.

South American states will hold an emergency summit next Friday to discuss the unprecedented diplomatic incident.

On Tuesday, Morales’ presidential plane – returning from Moscow – was forced to make a sudden stop in Vienna, after Spain, France, Portugal and Italy abruptly blocked their airspace to him. In Vienna, officials inquired whether the plane was carrying Edward Snowden, the wanted US citizen who leaked details of extensive classified US electronic surveillance programs last month.

Morales blamed Washington for masterminding the audacious scheme.

“At 3 or 4 pm we are forced to land the plane in Austria. At 6 pm the US ambassador delivers an extradition request in Bolivia, which is proof that is the work of the US, who used European countries for their aims,” said Morales.


https://www.rt.com/news/morales-snowden ... rview-760/
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