{"id":341235,"date":"2026-05-27T02:19:34","date_gmt":"2026-05-26T20:49:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/?p=341235"},"modified":"2026-05-27T02:19:34","modified_gmt":"2026-05-26T20:49:34","slug":"putin-closes-airspace-in-moscow-over-assassination-fears-news-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/2026\/05\/27\/putin-closes-airspace-in-moscow-over-assassination-fears-news-world\/","title":{"rendered":"Putin closes airspace in Moscow over assassination fears | News World"},"content":{"rendered":"

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An area 4 times the dimensions of the UK is slated for closure (Picture: AP\/e2w)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Vladimir Putin has closed Moscow airspace to all private planes and helicopters as fears of an assassination attempt mount.<\/p>\n

The world slated for closed airspace \u2013 as much as an altitude of 16,700ft -is roughly 4 times the dimensions of the UK. <\/p>\n

It stretches over a swathe of central Russia from the border with Belarus within the west, north to the St. Petersburg flight zone, east towards the Urals, and joins an already restricted area within the south near the war zone where flights have been banned for 4 years.<\/p>\n

It also comes amid increasing fears of the power of long-range Ukrainian unmanned planes to strike Moscow.<\/p>\n

Notices to Airmen are expected soon, per orders from Putin\u2019s Transport Ministry.<\/p>\n

\u2018Security services are considering options for unauthorised flights of small aircraft near Moscow and Vladimir Putin\u2019s presence \u2014 to eliminate the danger of assassination attempts,\u2019 one insider said.<\/p>\n

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All flights schools and pilot training might be banned (Picture: east2west)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Air defences around Moscow and the elite housing belt near Putin\u2019s Novo-Ogaryovo palace to the west of the capital are being updated.<\/p>\n

It would allow the military to treat low-level, non-scheduled aircraft as suspicious without continuously checking private flight plans.<\/p>\n

All flight schools and pilot training might be banned, however the private jets of favoured oligarchs are expected to proceed to fly.<\/p>\n

Putin moved to shut a big swathe of Russian airspace ahead of the continuation of air strikes on Kyiv.<\/p>\n

The flight ban could also be a safety measure ahead of any expected Ukrainian reprisals.<\/p>\n

Targets might be Volodymyr Zelensky\u2019s decision-making centres and military-industrial facilities, including those allegedly linked to Nato states.<\/p>\n

Putin is facing increasing threats to his power. An anti-Putin underground movement has vowed to overthrow him by force.<\/p>\n

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Putin is reportedly paranoid over assassination attempts (Picture: Reuters)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The group, often called Black Spark, claims it’s constructing a clandestine anti-regime\u00a0network inside\u00a0Russia\u00a0made up of \u2018middle-class\u2019 professionals, business figures, anti-war activists and fighters with combat experience.<\/p>\n

The person behind the group has been revealed as Igor Volobuev, a\u00a0Kremlin-linked\u00a0banking vice-president who defected to\u00a0Ukraine\u00a0after Putin\u2019s invasion and took up arms against Russia.<\/p>\n

Black Spark\u2019s manifesto openly calls for armed resistance against the Russian state.<\/p>\n

\u2018Putin\u2019s terror killed our belief in dialogue. We realised that under a dictatorship, justice is forced to face with Molotov cocktails,\u2019 the group said.<\/p>\n

The movement denounces Russia\u2019s invasion of\u00a0Ukraine\u00a0as \u2018our shame and our\u00a0crime\u2019 and argues that simply removing Putin isn’t enough.<\/p>\n

\u2018The empire itself \u2014 Russia\u2019s biggest curse \u2014 must collapse,\u2019 the manifesto states.<\/p>\n

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