MOSCOW, June 22 - RIA Novosti. The fighter jets that escorted the plane of Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu over the Baltic the day before belonged to the Polish Air Force. According to the Polish military, the F-16s rose to intercept after the alarm.
What happened
The incident occurred when Shoigu's plane was flying to the Kaliningrad region. The minister's board followed with an escort of fighters naval aviation Su-27.
One of the NATO planes tried to approach Shoigu, but a Su-27 stood between him and the Russian liner. The fighter "showed" its weapons to the F-16 pilots by swinging its wings, after which it flew away.
The alliance took similar measures during the minister's flight from Kaliningrad to Moscow. True, in this case, the fighters followed at a considerable distance from the Russian aircraft, without trying to get closer.
Position of Warsaw
The fact that the fighters were Polish was first reported by radio station RMF FM. Later, these data were confirmed by the operational command of the Polish Armed Forces.
The Polish Air Force constantly patrols the sky over the Baltic countries, which do not have their own combat aircraft. On Tuesday, the military received an alarm "in connection with Russian vehicles," notes RMF FM.
In this regard, our F-16s flew into the Baltic Sea, where they intercepted three targets: an unarmed Tu-154 and two Su-27s armed with air-to-air missiles.
NATO position
NATO confirmed the fact of the interception of Russian aircraft the day before. At the same time, the alliance noted that they did not know who was on board the liner.
“When any unknown aircraft approaches NATO airspace, the national air forces and NATO take to the skies to track these flights. Our actions were standard. Usually, when NATO aircraft intercept an aircraft, they visually identify it, all the while maintaining a safe distance,” said representative of the military bloc.
"This is standard procedure, all of our pilots are behaving in a safe and responsible manner," he added.
The alliance also accused Russia of stepping up air force flights over the Baltic Sea last week.
"They included strategic bombers, fighters, reconnaissance aircraft, transport and other aircraft," the NATO spokesman said.
At the same time, the alliance has no claims against the pilots themselves.
"We assess the behavior of Russian pilots as safe and professional," the NATO official said.
Who is the master in the sky
Commenting on the incident with the Shoigu plane, Associate Professor of the Department of Political Science and Sociology of the Russian University of Economics. Plekhanov, military political scientist Alexander Perendzhiev said that the alliance wanted to show that it was NATO that was the "master" in the skies over the Baltic.
“This is not just a show of force on the part of NATO, but I would say that this is some kind of attempt to intimidate our military leadership. The alliance is trying to show who is the “master” in the airspace over the Baltic,” the expert said on Sputnik radio.
According to him, NATO's activity near the Russian borders is constantly growing.
NATO's eastern flank Lately strengthened many times. After all, if you look at the situation after 2013, from the well-known events in Ukraine, not only exercises began to be held, but as a result of these exercises, a whole military infrastructure began to line up along our borders, and after each exercise this infrastructure is built up. That is, in this case we are talking about concrete pressure on Russia, and almost constant pressure. If earlier we could say that NATO members are simply training near our borders, now these exercises are becoming more and more threatening," the military political scientist believes.
"Escort" for Shoigu
The current incident is not the first time that NATO aircraft have followed the movements of the Russian defense minister. A similar incident occurred at the end of March last year - then Eurofighter fighters escorted Shoigu, who also flew to the Kaliningrad region.
Expert: F-16 rapprochement with Shoigu plane is an unfriendly signalA NATO fighter plane tried to approach the plane of Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu over the Baltic. Military expert Boris Rozhin on Sputnik radio expressed the opinion that such incidents show that the US and NATO are not interested in normalizing relations with Russia.At that time, combat aircraft did not approach the plane of the head of the Ministry of Defense, following him at a distance of two kilometers.
Later, NATO explained the actions of their pilots by the fact that the Su-27s accompanying the ministerial Tu-154 did not get in touch.
"NATO radars detected three aircraft over the international waters of the Baltic Sea: two Russian Su-27 fighters and a Tu-154 transport aircraft. The Su-27 fighters did not provide a flight plan, did not contact controllers and did not use transponders," RIA Novosti said. alliance representative.
Andrey Makarevich refuted LifeNews's information that he flew on the plane of the Minister of Defense along with Prokhorov's girls to the Seychelles, and all available data about this aircraft, which has special military equipment, was deleted from the website from Flightradar
As promised, we continue about the plane of the Ministry of Defense in the Seychelles. It's very funny how, after a week of silence, Shoigu's department began to respond to us with posts from paid bloggers and LifeNews reports.
General response refrain:AAAAA!!! You spelled everything wrong. This is not corruption at all. It was not the generals who flew Shoigu on a plane to hang out in the Seychelles! This is the oligarch-politician Prokhorov on the plane Shoigu took girls to his party(sometimes the word girls» is replaced by brighter epithets).
As evidence
are given “according to Lifenews” and these “photos of girls”. 
The great thing is that these posts usually stand between posts on the topic "We will show the pendos", "Forward, Russia", "Glory to the brave military" and "I will tie myself with a St. George's ribbon."
Excuse me, but I can hardly imagine that the "pendos" aircraft of the Minister of Defense carries girls for parties in the Seychelles. It is difficult to consider this a source of pride for the armed forces. It is possible that this is exactly what happens in the armed forces of Albania, but we are a country with nuclear weapons and claiming global leadership.
You can't just pick up and go girls on the plane of the Minister of Defense. 
So.
1. No one disputes that we were right and the flight was not official.
2. The question of who was on board remains open. Generals? girls? General girls? Generals girls?
3. It also remains an open question whether the flight is legal girls and other generals on this plane?
Let's move on to a review of some of the facts that we established after the publication of the investigation.
1. As part of the units of the central subordination of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, there is an 800th air base (AvB) (military unit 15565), which is based in Chkalovsky: previously it was the 8th Special Purpose Air Division, which in 2009 became 6991 AVB, which in 2010 became 800 AvB. The 800 air base includes the 223 flight detachment, which can lease some of the aircraft that belong to this air base. 800 ABB through the 223rd flight unit performs commercial flights under the CHD code (CHD). Military flights are operated under the RFF code (RFF) - the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation.
So, yes, we agreed, indeed, some aircraft can be used for commercial flights .
2. It is known for certain that the RA-85155 aircraft was transferred to the Ministry of Defense in April 2010 and is intended for the Minister of Defense. A distinctive feature of this particular side is the livery inscription - Russian Air Force
, which by its very appearance indicates the military nature of the board 
Moreover, the aircraft is equipped with flight and navigation equipment, special communications equipment that meets the needs of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.
3. It is noteworthy that after the publication from flightradar, all available scant data about the aircraft were deleted in general, which is quite unusual. Most likely this was done at the request of the military.
4. Could the 223rd flight squad carry generals and girls to ride in violation of the law? At least they've been seen doing it before. We have a report of the Accounts Chamber for 1997-1998 on the inspection of the 8th Special Purpose Air Division and the 223rd Flight Detachment in particular, and there is a full bouquet of violations. The even chamber conducted an inspection of the 223rd flight detachment twice. The audit materials of 1998-99 shed light on a whole range of violations: waste, inefficient use of aircraft, transportation of favorite sports teams, etc.
And, surprise, these violations are exactly the same as what we accuse the MoD of today. All the same misuse, waste, etc. In 2013, another inspection was carried out. The Accounts Chamber reported on its results in December, but they did not publish the audit materials. We are confident that this document will provide answers to many interesting questions. Therefore, we demand the publication of these materials. We have every right to know how taxpayers' funds are being used.
5. What do you need to do to charter a board 223LO?
If the 223rd Flight Detachment is going to send its aircraft somewhere, then for this it needs to coordinate with the air traffic controllers, airfield support, crew support, etc. - all this is called the organization and provision of air transportation of passengers, baggage and cargo. The contract for this is concluded through public procurement.
We called 223 LO to charter exactly the RA-85155, we were sent to an agent - a company called Themis. That is, it is Themis that is engaged in the chartering of this board. However, on the website of Themis itself, not only this particular aircraft, but also the Tu-154M aircraft in general, was not found. And at the moment, the list of boards has been completely removed from the site.. It is noteworthy that the 223rd Flight Detachment was completely closed after Lent.
Nevertheless, Themis replied to an official request from the media that this aircraft carried 40 passengers and 3 tons of stage equipment within the specified time frame and offered to request a list of passengers at Vnukovo-3.
6. Despite such a cheerful answer, in the lists of aircraft that are transferred under the control of "Themis" board RA-85155 we did not find . Yes, and it would be strange the opposite - this is the plane of the Minister .
7. Lifenews reports that Andrey Makarevich was flying on this plane, to which Znak.com reasonably decided to ask Makarevich whether the trip took place. Andrei Makarevich confirmed that he spent the May holidays in the Seychelles. " Yes, we flew there, however, not on the plane in question, but on a regular, scheduled flight, - Mikhail celebrated his birthday (on May 3, Prokhorov turned 49 years old - ed. note). I can’t say on which plane Prokhorov flew there - when we arrived, he was already there.
That is, Makarevich did not fly with the girls-generals.
Thus, we fix the intermediate stage of our investigation. We have two forks:
a) generals or girls.
b) legal or illegal.
Four combinations are possible, but we are satisfied with only "legally generals".
“Generals illegally” and “girls illegally” are criminal.
“Girls are legal” - well, this is a political question about the prestige of the country and a question about the quality of the work of special services.
Questions to which we are now seeking answers from Minister Shoigu:
1. On what basis is an aircraft equipped with flight and navigation equipment and special means of communication that meet the needs of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation handed over for transportation girls(if they were)? Doesn't this threaten the security of the Russian Federation? Could, for example, such shipments be a cover for the installation of spy equipment?
2. Are there any legal grounds for renting this particular aircraft? Based on the foregoing, we conclude that there are no such grounds.
3. If the Minister's aircraft is leased for commercial lease without legal grounds, then who takes the money from this lease?
Well, I immediately answer the question: why did you cling to the plane? no other problems?
There are other problems, but, no matter how ridiculous it sounds, when heifers are taken to the beach by the minister’s plane, this is an indicator of such a mess in the country, which makes this trifle a system-forming problem. This is an important defect of our state.
We want the planes of the Ministry of Defense to carry generals, officers, soldiers and Gattling guns. Let the girls be transported by commercial aviation.
As promised, we continue about the plane of the Ministry of Defense in the Seychelles.
It’s very funny how, after a week of silence, Shoigu’s department began to respond to us with posts from paid bloggers and LifeNews reports
http://lifenews.ru/news/133927
http://katyushka48.livejournal...
http://kril-org.livejournal.c...
General response refrain: AAAAA!!! You spelled everything wrong. This is not corruption at all. It was not the generals who flew Shoigu on a plane to hang out in the Seychelles! This is the oligarch-politician Prokhorov on the plane Shoigu took girls to his party(sometimes the word " girls" is replaced by brighter epithets).
As evidence
are given "according to Lifenews" and these "photos of girls".
The great thing is that these posts usually stand between posts on the topic "We will show the pendos", "Forward, Russia", "Glory to the brave military" and "I will tie myself with a St. George's ribbon."
Excuse me, but I can hardly imagine that the "pendos" plane carries the Minister of Defense girls for parties in the Seychelles. It is difficult to consider this a source of pride for the armed forces. It is possible that this is exactly what happens in the armed forces of Albania, but we are a country with nuclear weapons and claiming global leadership.
You can't just pick up and go girls on the plane of the Minister of Defense.
So.
1. No one disputes that we were right and the flight was not official.
2. The question of who was on board remains open. Generals? girls? General girls? Generals girls?
3. It also remains an open question whether the flight is legal girls and other generals on this plane?
Let us pass to a review of some of the facts established by us after
1. As part of the units of the central subordination of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, there is an 800th air base (AvB) (military unit 15565), which is based in Chkalovsky: previously it was the 8th Special Purpose Air Division, which in 2009 became 6991 AVB, which in 2010 became 800 AvB. The 800 air base includes the 223 flight detachment, which can lease some of the aircraft that belong to this air base. 800 ABB through the 223rd flight unit performs commercial flights under the CHD code (CHD). Military flights are operated under the RFF code (RFF) - the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation.
So, yes, we agreed, indeed, some aircraft can be used for commercial flights .
2. It is known for certain that the RA-85155 aircraft was transferred to the Ministry of Defense in April 2010 and is intended for the Minister of Defense. A distinctive feature of this particular side is the livery inscription - Russian Air Force , which by its very appearance indicates the military nature of the board
Moreover, the aircraft is equipped with flight and navigation equipment, special communications equipment that meets the needs of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.
3. It is noteworthy that from flightradar deleted in general all available scant data about the aircraft, which is quite unusual. Most likely this was done at the request of the military.
4. Could the 223rd flight squad carry generals and girls to ride in violation of the law? At least they've been seen doing it before. We have a report of the Accounts Chamber for 1997-1998 on the inspection of the 8th Special Purpose Air Division and the 223rd Flight Detachment in particular, and there is a full bouquet of violations. The even chamber conducted an inspection of the 223rd flight detachment twice. The audit materials of 1998-99 shed light on a whole range of violations: waste, inefficient use of aircraft, transportation of favorite sports teams, etc.
And, surprise, these violations are exactly the same as what we accuse the MoD of today. All the same misuse, waste, etc. In 2013, another inspection was carried out. The Accounts Chamber reported on its results in December, but they did not publish the audit materials. We are confident that many interesting questions will be answered in this document. Therefore, we demand the publication of these materials. We have every right to know how taxpayers' funds are being used.
5. What do you need to do to charter a board 223LO?
If the 223rd Flight Detachment is going to send its aircraft somewhere, then for this it needs to coordinate with the air traffic controllers, airfield support, crew support, etc. - all this is called the organization and provision of air transportation of passengers, baggage and cargo. The contract for this is concluded through public procurement.
We called 223 LO to charter exactly the RA-85155, we were sent to an agent - a company called Themis. That is, it is Themis that is engaged in the chartering of this board. However, on the website of Themis itself, not only this particular aircraft, but also the Tu-154M aircraft in general, was not found. And at the moment, the list of boards has been completely removed from the site.. It is noteworthy that the 223rd Flight Detachment was completely closed after.
Nevertheless, Themis replied to an official request from the media that this aircraft carried 40 passengers and 3 tons of stage equipment within the specified time frame and offered to request a list of passengers at Vnukovo-3.
6. Despite such a cheerful answer, in the lists of aircraft that are transferred under the control of "Themis" board RA-85155 we did not find . Yes, and it would be strange the opposite - this is the plane of the Minister .
7. Lifenews reports that Andrey Makarevich was flying on this plane, to which Znak.com reasonably decided to ask Makarevich whether the trip took place. Andrei Makarevich confirmed that he spent the May holidays in the Seychelles. " Yes, we flew there, however, not on the plane in question, but on a regular, scheduled flight, - Mikhail celebrated his birthday (May 3, Prokhorov turned 49 years old - ed.) I can’t say on which plane Prokhorov flew there - when we arrived, he was already there.
That is, Makarevich did not fly with the girls-generals.
Thus, we fix the intermediate stage of our investigation. We have two forks:
a) generals or girls.
b) legal or illegal.
Four combinations are possible, but we are satisfied with only "legally generals".
"Generals illegally" and "girls illegally" are a criminal offence.
"Girls are legal" - well, this is a political question about the prestige of the country and a question about the quality of the work of special services.
Questions to which we are now seeking answers from Minister Shoigu:
1. On what basis is an aircraft equipped with flight and navigation equipment and special means of communication that meet the needs of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation handed over for transportation girls(if they were)? Doesn't this threaten the security of the Russian Federation? Could, for example, such shipments be a cover for the installation of spy equipment?
2. Are there any legal grounds for renting this particular aircraft? Based on the foregoing, we conclude that there are no such grounds.
3. If the Minister's aircraft is leased for commercial lease without legal grounds, then who takes the money from this lease?
Well, I immediately answer the question: why did you cling to the plane? no other problems?
There are other problems, but, no matter how ridiculous it sounds, when heifers are taken to the beach by the minister’s plane, this is an indicator of such a mess in the country, which makes this trifle a system-forming problem. This is an important defect of our state.
We want the planes of the Ministry of Defense to carry generals, officers, soldiers and Gattling guns. Let the girls be transported by commercial aviation.
NATO Air Force F-16 combat fighter tried to get close to the board of the Minister of Defense Sergei Shoigu in the sky over the neutral waters of the Baltic, but he was "driven away" by the Su-27 of the Russian Aerospace Forces. In fact, the NATO pilot could be trying to repeat the maneuver of his Russian colleague, who on June 20 got close to one and a half meters with a US Air Force RC-135 reconnaissance aircraft, he told a correspondent. federal agency news military expert Alexey Leonkov.
It is reported that an aircraft of the North Atlantic Alliance tried to escort Shoigu's plane when he was on a working visit to Kaliningrad. The special board, in which the minister was located, followed with an escort of several Su-27 naval aviation fighters. During the rendezvous between the F-16 and the minister's plane, a Su-27 wedged in, which, swinging its wings, showed its armament to the NATO interceptor. After such a "hint", the Alliance pilot had to hurriedly turn off course and retreat.
“When a combat fighter accompanies a combat aircraft or a reconnaissance aircraft, this is a normal world practice, but no one knows when the D-day will come and when the combat aircraft can use its weapons. Such a tradition has developed between the pilots of the United States and Russia, and other countries as well, for a long time - they accompany our Tu-160 missile carriers, Tu-95 bombers, and we intercept their reconnaissance aircraft. But the problem is that Sergei Shoigu was flying not on a combat aircraft, but on a civilian one, which is part of the well-known “223rd Flight Detachment”, and therefore the F-16 rapprochement looks somehow ridiculous, ”the military analyst explains the situation.
The expert recalls that information about the flight of the Minister of Defense, its route and echelon is known to everyone, because not ordinary passengers are flying, but the second person after the Supreme Commander-in-Chief. Therefore, when an alien fighter flies very close and demonstrates its intentions, it makes you think.
“Imagine for a moment - the US Secretary of Defense is flying James Mattis, and then a Russian fighter flies up to his plane and starts approaching. What will happen? Of course, there will be a lot of shouting and yelling about the unprofessionalism of the Russian pilot. And the Americans will now try to justify themselves by the fact that the Su-27 showed that very unprofessionalism, although this is weakly drawn to justification. The Su-27 pilot took all the necessary steps to ensure that Sergei Shoigu's plane was safe. Everything was professional,” Alexey Leonkov continues.
In addition, the expert paid special attention to the “swinging of the wings”.
“Swinging wings is a long-standing unspoken tradition between pilots from different countries. Thus, they show that their aircraft are also armed and can fight back. This is a warning on the verge of decency, but this is only possible between combat aircraft. In no case can a combat aircraft demonstrate weapons suspended under its wings to civilian aircraft, ”says the speaker of the FAN.
The military analyst is sure that the incident itself was provoked by the desire of a NATO pilot to repeat the maneuver of a Russian colleague, who on June 20, while escorting a US Air Force RC-135, approached a reconnaissance at a distance of 5 feet (approximately 1.5 meters).
“The F-16 pilot tried to show that NATO also knows how to meticulously control the most complex military equipment at high altitude and at high speeds. Only the problem is that he was not allowed to complete a dangerous maneuver. The feint, roughly speaking, did not work out thanks to the professional actions of our VKS. But the life of the Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation could really be in danger, ”concluded Leonkov.
Recall that in Kaliningrad, Sergei Shoigu is holding an off-site meeting of the collegium of the military department, dedicated to security in the western strategic direction. According to the minister, NATO is increasing the intensity of operational and combat training near the Russian borders, which demonstrates the reluctance of Western partners to abandon the anti-Russian course.
The day before, a Russian Su-27 was rising to intercept an American RC-135 reconnaissance aircraft over the Baltic Sea. The ministry emphasized that all flights of Russian fighters over the neutral waters of the Baltic are carried out in strict accordance with international rules.
The F-16 fighter made an attempt to rendezvous with the board of the Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation over the neutral waters of the Baltic
A NATO fighter plane made an attempt to approach the aircraft of Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu when he was flying over the neutral waters of the Baltic to Kaliningrad. An attempt by an F-16 fighter to escort the minister's liner was stopped by one of the Su-27 naval aviation fighters, which escorted the aircraft. By the way, this is not the first time.
A Su-27 (left) drives an F-16 away from the plane of the Russian Defense Minister.
Judging by the video footage that appeared in the public domain, the NATO F-16 fighter first approached the Russian aircraft, and then began to follow it along the course of movement. Literally a few seconds later, our Su-27 appeared nearby, which at first simply flew next to the NATO aircraft, and then, leaning to the right, showed the F-16 its onboard armament. After this maneuver, the NATO plane began to move away from the minister's board. The incident itself took place over the neutral waters of the Baltic, when approaching Kaliningrad, where Shoigu held an off-site meeting of the board of the Ministry of Defense, dedicated to security issues in the western strategic direction.
Of course, such maneuvers did not pose a direct threat to the Minister of Defense's board, - says military expert Viktor Murakhovsky. - Such escort is not uncommon, and even more so over the waters of the Baltic, which for some reason NATO stubbornly considers its own.
In his opinion, the NATO fighter took off either from an airfield in Poland or from the territory of Estonia, where US aircraft are now based.
Murakhovsky noted that, in theory, if the aircraft flies along international air routes with the transponder turned on, there is no need to establish its ownership.
It is not yet clear why they decided to intercept him,” Murakhovsky said. - Perhaps they wanted to show that, they say, we are not sleeping, we are monitoring all flights of Russian aviation over neutral waters.
This is not the first time that NATO aircraft has tried to get close to the plane of the Russian Defense Minister. Last spring, several Eurofighters also escorted the minister's plane to Kaliningrad. True, at that time they did not approach close range and were flying Shoigu at a distance of two kilometers.
In Kaliningrad on Wednesday, Shoigu held a meeting of the board of the Ministry of Defense on security issues in the Western strategic direction. According to the minister, large-scale NATO exercises "Baltops-2017" and "Saber Strike-2017" are now being held here, in which more than 70 ships and auxiliary vessels, about 70 aircraft, including American B-52 strategic bombers, as well as over 10 thousand military personnel. “What is happening clearly demonstrates the frank unwillingness of Western partners to abandon the anti-Russian course,” Shoigu said and added that Russia is forced to respond adequately.
Thus, in the west of our country, more than 30 battalion and company tactical groups are in readiness for immediate combat use. Over the past six months, the troops and forces of the Western Military District have received more than 300 pieces of weapons and military equipment. The formation of new formations and units also continues. “By the end of the year, about 20 formations and military units, for the placement of which about 40 military camps are being built, ”said Shoigu.
