Penza, 25 March 2016. PenzaNews. The flight carrying the Russian Minister of Transport Maxim Sokolov, who is en route to Saransk that is currently unreachable by air due to poor weather, has arrived to Penza, the Penza airport director Yuri Oskolkov told PenzaNews on Friday, March 25.

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“He arrived at exactly 13.32, inspected the airport,” he explained.

Following that, he said, Maxim Sokolov took a car to Saransk, where the minister will be taking part in the meeting with the President’s Plenipotentiary in the Volga Federal Land dedicated to development of the road system and transportation safety.

The ministerial flight did not affect other arrivals or departures, Yuri Oskolkov added.