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by TurkishPoptart 1592 days ago
Because he was stuck in the Sheremetevo airport when U.S. authorities remotely disabled his passport. He just ended up there. I think he was trying to go to South America or Cuba or something.
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Except his passport was cancelled on 2013-06-22 and he flew out to Moscow from HK on the 23rd.
Maybe Russian authorities just honored his ticket? Or time zone issues rendered the cancellation a day too late?