with a Russian Air Force Mig-31 Foxhound that had intercepted the patrol aircraft . On Jul. 16 , 2014 , between Gotland and Latvia , a Russian Su-27 Flanker , armed with 6 air - to - air missiles , intercepted one of the two Swedish ELINT jet , and flew as close as 10,7 meters of the spyplane .
In April 2015 , the supposed intruder was revealed to have been a workboat by Swedish media . Sweden is not the only nation where Russian submarines have been blamed for things they did n’t do . In April last year , a fishing vessel collideddisaster.accidentcrash.accidentcrashwith an unidentified submarine off Scotland , with British media speculating that it must have been Russian . The Royal Navy admitted in September that the boat was actually theirs . READ MORE : ‘ Oops , it was us ’ : Military concedes British sub , not Russian , damaged UK trawler in April
Image Vladimir Putin 's official car is involved in a head - on crash in Moscow 0:23 CCTV footage of Vladimir Putin 's official car in a head - on crash which took the life of Russian president 's chauffeur Staff Writer News Corp Australia Network RUSSIAN President Vladimir Putin ’s personal chauffeur has been killed in Moscow after a Mercedes collideddisaster.accidentcrash.accidentcrashhead - on with the presidential BMW . CCTV footage from September 2 on Kutuzovsky Avenue shows Mr Putin ’s presidential vehicle being hit by another car , instantly killing the chauffeur . The Russian President was not in the car at the time of the accident .