My small group of journalists were flown from Brussels to Poland and then around the country on one of the smaller planes in the Polish government VIP fleet, a Soviet-built Yak 40.
Nonetheless, given the strong attachment of today's Poland to modernity and the western world, I asked one of our hosts why the VIP fleet still used aircraft from the Soviet era.
To get the fish, Pacific Andes would advance its Russian suppliers money to cover expenses for fuel, vessels and fishing equipment, thus cementing relationships with a fleet hit hard by the collapse of the Soviet Union.