Lugar and Obama Detained at Russian Airport for Several Hours

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Senators Lugar and Obama Detained at Russian Airport for Several Hours
August 28th, 2005

Senators Lugar and Obama and their aides ended a three day visit to Russia on a strange note…

They were in Russia “visiting sites where warheads are stored before destruction under the U.S.-funded Comprehensive Threat Reduction program.” The plane carrying Lugar, Obama and their aides “was detained for several hours Sunday while trying to leave Russia, before being permitted to leave the country for Ukraine, according to spokesmen for the lawmakers.”

“I am in Ukraine with Sen. Lugar,” Lugar’s spokesman, Andy Fisher, said in a message sent from a personal messaging device Sunday afternoon.

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