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Daily Mirror
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Will Stewart & Benjamin Lynch

Russia admits major security breach on Vladimir Putin’s ‘Doomsday’ plane as man jailed

A man in Russia has been jailed for four years and sent to a penal colony after a security breach on Vladimir Putin's 'doomsday plane'.

Ordered to pay £36,400 in compensation, 27-year-old Zhora Khachunts, claims he was framed by authorities in a cover-up when the jet was interfered with in the Russian city Taganrog, on the Sea of Azov.

A reported 39 pieces of top secret radio equipment were swiped after the cargo hatch of the plane, the Ilyushin Il-80i, was left open when it was going through a refitting process.

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