Murmansk governor flew to Minsk on a luxury business jet, allegedly paid for by the Belarusian side
During a working visit to Minsk on March 1, Murmansk region governor Andrey Chibis flew not by a regular flight, but by a Bombardier Global 6000 business jet. This was noticed by Murmansk activist Violetta Grudina after watching a video published by the Belarusian authorities, Sota writes .
Screenshot from the video
The question about the cost of the flight was previously raised by Alexander Makarevich, a deputy of the Murmansk Regional Duma from the "Fair Russia" party. At a meeting of the regional parliament, he stated that the governor "lives in luxury" and flies on business jets, and also complained that the newspaper "Murmansky Vestnik" does not publish his opinion on this topic.
In response to an inquiry from the "SeverPost" publication, the Murmansk Regional Government reported that the plane was provided by the host Belarusian side.
They also stated that Makarevich allegedly did not send official inquiries to the regional government, the Russian Foreign Ministry, or the Belarusian government, and accused him of trying to draw attention to the topic.
Violetta Grudina tried to calculate the possible costs of the trip. According to her estimates, the delegation's flight could have cost about 140 thousand euros:
"The cost of operating such an aircraft is approximately $10-13 thousand per flight hour. The route Moscow — Murmansk — Minsk takes about 5-5.5 hours, so the flight costs approximately $50-70 thousand (≈3.9-5.5 million rubles) one way. If you count the round trip, it comes out to about $100-140 thousand — that is, approximately 7.8-11 million rubles."
At the same time, she noted that the real costs could be even higher, as servicing and parking the aircraft are not included in the calculation. The activist also raised the question of on what grounds an official from another state could fly on a private plane at the expense of Belarusian taxpayers.
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