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The Ilyushin Il-80 plane can take off from any civil or military airfield, according to state media. It has a powerful engine, modern communication facilities and can remain airborne for several days.
The aircraft was modified from a Soviet jet airliner during the late Cold War to serve as an aerial command post for top officials to control their troops during a crisis.
President Vladimir Putin’s spokesman Dmitry Peskov described the breach as an “emergency situation” and vowed that “measures will be taken to prevent this from happening in the future.”
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Russian military experts speculated that the items had been stolen because some of the units had been assembled using precious metals such as gold and platinum.