Thanks for the fun reactions.
All pictures were taken landside, outside the fences.
As you can imagine spotting in Russia is not as normal as in our parts of the world.
There is however a growing number of russian spotters and the authorities are getting used
to seeing people with cameras around the airport.
However, Vnukovo has a VIP terminal and is home to the governement fleet, this may lead to higer security status.
In the days we were there we were not approached by police or security.
In short: there are possibilities but you have to remain low profile.
As for the Mi8's, and the other interesting planes around, my travel companion made a huge log that will hopefully find its way into the Scramble magazine.
rgds, EC