MOSCOW, November 9 (RIA Novosti) - Russia has compensated Lithuania for damages caused by the Russian Su-27 Flanker fighter that crashed in Lithuania in September, the Lithuanian foreign ministry's new service said Wednesday.
The ministry's statement which said that the Russian government had paid the money on November 8 was confirmed by the Russian Air Force headquarters.
The ministry had previously said, "According to data submitted by the Lithuanian Prosecutor General's Office, the damage is estimated at 67,062.88 litas [$23,000]."
The aircraft, flying from St. Petersburg to Kaliningrad, a Russian exclave within the European Union, crashed September 15 on Lithuanian territory after a navigation system failure. The pilot, Major Troyanov, managed to eject safely, and no one was injured in the incident.
