A Tu-214PU aircraft belonging to Russia’s FSB Federal Security Service has arrived in the city of Minsk, Belarus, amid ongoing protests across that country.

“A few minutes ago, a Tu-214PU (serial number 523, registration number RA-64523) belonging to the Russian FSB landed in Minsk. Presumably, this is a special communications plane, designed to fly in a circle around certain points during field visits of the Russian Federation"s top officials”, - the Belarusian Telegram channel NEXTA Live said. The aircraft arrived from Moscow.

According to Novaya Gazeta, the aircraft, which belongs to Russia’s Special Flight Squadron, may have been used by Russian FSB chief Alexander Bortnikov. In 2015, when Bortnikov took part in a summit on countering extremism in Washington, D.C., the same plane had reportedly arrived in the U.S. capital.