This is false.
His passport had been revoked before he got on the plane. He got on the plane to "Ecuador" on a temporary travel document from Ecuador, knowing he was never getting off anywhere but Moscow.
His passport had been revoked before he got on the plane. He got on the plane to "Ecuador" on a temporary travel document from Ecuador, knowing he was never getting off anywhere but Moscow.
"If a senior official in another country or with an airline orders it, a country could overlook the withdrawn passport, the official said."
It still contradicts the narrative that he was stuck in Russia because his passport was revoked once he got there.