I don’t know the flight path, but it may be easier to cross the ocean going West from Moscow or St Petersburg than going over Siberia with the wild fires and volcanic activity in Vladistock area?
The shortest distance between Moscow and anywhere in the US is actually just to go straight over the north pole, which is of course not particularly intuitive when looking at a flat map. Since that’s the case, the farther south in the US you are aiming for, the longer it takes
I don’t know the flight path, but it may be easier to cross the ocean going West from Moscow or St Petersburg than going over Siberia with the wild fires and volcanic activity in Vladistock area?
Edit: Context https://www.cbsnews.com/news/krasheninnikov-volcano-russia-erupts/
https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/14/europe/russia-wildfires-rage-siberia-region-intl-latam
And yes the wildfires from May are still not under control.
The shortest distance between Moscow and anywhere in the US is actually just to go straight over the north pole, which is of course not particularly intuitive when looking at a flat map. Since that’s the case, the farther south in the US you are aiming for, the longer it takes