Originally Posted by
GUWonder
Would Putin really ban US and European flights to Russia during the duration of the Olympics over carry-on luggage restrictions? They already have a sort of PR disaster so far about these Olympics.
If they're willing to make accusations like this:
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/07/wo...kraine.html?hp
anything is possible. I think this is about politics and the USG picking its battles as much as anything. And the US would hardly be in a position to object; we've imposed our own security scheme on other countries and their aircraft headed for the US.