BERLIN — A Russian cargo plane that recently arrived in Venezuela later made several stops in other Kremlin-aligned Latin American countries, flight records show, after making a similar journey back in August.

The Ilyushin Il-76, operated by the private but government-affiliated cargo charter airline Aviacon Zitotrans, arrived in the Venezuelan capital of Caracas on Oct. 26, as previously reported by Defense News . Newer flight records show that two days later, the aircraft flew from there to Havana, Cuba, before making the jump over to Nicaragua’s capital, Managua, on the next day. Later that day, on Oct. 29, the aircraft, registered as RA-78765 , flew back to Caracas. On Oct. 30, it departed Venezuela on its journey back to Russia, via Nouakchott, Mauritania, and Algiers, Algeria, u

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