> here are ways to leave Russia without boarding a commercial flight. He isn't Assange stuck in an embassy in which all entrances and exits could be easily moni

> here are ways to leave Russia without boarding a commercial flight. He isn't Assange stuck in an embassy in which all entrances and exits could be easily monitored. There are ways he could have gotten himself smuggled out of Russia if that is what he truly wanted. They forcibly grounded the Ecuadorian presidents plane, causing a major diplomatic incident, just because they thought he might be on there (He wasn't). [0] But yeah, it'd be so easy for him to leave. [0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evo_Morales_grounding_incident https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evo_Morales_grounding_incident