The plane with the body of swimmer Svechnikov arrived at Moscow airport

The plane carrying the body of Russian swimmer Nikolai Svechnikov, who died in Turkey, arrived at Vnukovo Airport in Moscow on January 24.

The intention of the Svechnikov family to take his body to Russia became known on January 22. Alyona Karaman, a relative of the athlete, said that the athlete's parents had already identified his body.

The Russian Consulate General in Istanbul said on the same day that it assumed that the competent Turkish authorities would establish all the circumstances and causes of Svechnikov's death. They also expressed their condolences to Nikolai's family and friends.

The Russian athlete disappeared on August 24 last year. Svechnikov did not reach the finish line through the Bosphorus Strait in Istanbul. After swimming 500-600 m, the swimmer disappeared from sight.

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