He’d arrived early and was confident no one observed him board the Aeroflot Tupolev. He was concerned not only with the GKNB, but also the Russians. If Ramzin’s people spotted him boarding a flight to Russia, the game was up before it began. Before departing, Reaper forged a Tajik entry stamp on his Nick Ambrose passport. He’d only know for sure he was clean when he landed in Sochi or Minsk and wasn’t immediately picked up by the authorities. Avery slept through the three hour flight. The Tupolev landed at Sochi International Airport, located in the city of the same name on Russia’s Black Sea coast, late Friday morning. Following the recent terrorist mass transit bombings in nearby Volgograd, there was heightened security; including Interior Ministry OMON special police troops with body armor and submachine guns. They eyed every foreigner with suspicion, and Avery was glad to board his flight to Moscow. At Sheremetyevo, he had a ninety minute layover before the two hour, eleven minute flight to Minsk.
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