There was effete, uneven applause in the cabin when the plane touched down on the runway in Sheremetyevo.

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Next stop was Moscow, where the plane was directed to a section of Sheremetyevo airport reserved for the training of Russia's anti-terrorist squads.

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Tamerlan Tsarnaev, who was not a U.S. citizen, traveled to Sheremetyevo, Russia, in January 2012, according to travel records provided by a U.S. official.

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Indianapolis Airport was ranked first in North America, Moscow Sheremetyevo Airport is the best in Europe, and Seoul Incheon Airport soared to the top in the Asia-Pacific region.

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And in the image of Moscow-Sheremetyevo airport, the flat concrete surfaces of the runways appear as black lines because the radar beam has been very efficiently reflected away from the satellite.

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On his return to Sheremetyevo, to reach his departure gate the visitor must negotiate a bewildering series of queues, starting with one to get into the building: if he is unassertive, he will still be standing in one of them when his plane takes off.

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