<sod >Russiaâs security services chief Nikolai Patrushev even flew in to oversee the operation in December 2017, the paper suggested â and the suitcases flew back on his plane.< eod>< sod > Head of the Russian Security Council Nikolai Patrushev even flew in to oversee the operation in December 2017, the paper suggested â and the suitcases flew back on his plane.< eod>