The Kremlin's Double Secure Ride: What Putin's "Flying Kremlin" Says About Global Security Vladimir Putin's arrival at the BRICS Summit in New Delhi was notable not only for its diplomatic significance but also for the Russian President's choice of transportation.
Putin flew into India aboard an aircraft known as the "Doomsday Plane" or "Flying Kremlin," a plane so heavily protected that it has become synonymous with extreme security measures.
The Ilyushin IL 96 300PU, developed by the Ilyushin Design Bureau in the 1980s, is part of a select group of planes designed as airborne command posts.