Can you give insight into what the JAK-40 pilot had in mind when saying at 10:25:06:0 ...
A few seconds earlier the YAK-40 had reported to PLF101 that the visibility was very poor - most likely to poor for a landing.
Having realised the enormous blunder he made /had the TU diverted at this stage surely the YAK pilot would come under close scrutiny on what basis he had judged the visibility and under what authority he had advised the presidential flight to turn back/ - the YAK pilot went into cover-my-ass mode and tried to back down, saying that 'yeah, it is bad, but you should really have a go at it'.
The YAK pilot would have really done best if he did not interfere at all.
Golf-Sierra