. Swedish spy plane "Gulf stream" is found over neutral waters of the Baltic sea near Russia's borders, to intercept raised the duty, the su-27, said the Department of information and mass communications of the Russian Ministry of defense. Su-27 approached the target at a safe distance and identified it as a reconnaissance aircraft Gulfstream of the Swedish air force, which flew without turning on the transponder. after the fact, how foreign the plane left Russian airspace, the fighter is successfully returned to the airport of accommodation, added in the Ministry of defence. over the past period, the activity of foreign reconnaissance aircraft and unmanned aerial vehicles at the Russian border increased. For example, before they were noticed as in the area of the Crimea and the Krasnodar territory, and near the Western borders of the country. in addition, in November the Russian Soldiers intercepted an American reconnaissance plane over the Black sea. In the United States criticized the support of the su-27, calling the actions of the Russian crew unsafe, but the Ministry of defence this statement is contested. in the Ministry of defence has repeatedly campaigned for the American partners to abandon such operations, however, the Pentagon is refused. <span style="color:darkgray