In Popular Culture
- In the 1997 film, Air Force One, the President of the United States, takes off from Sheremetyevo, but the plane is hijacked by terrorists shortly after take-off.
- Sheremetyevo Airport was the setting of the opening of the 13th Nu, pogodi! episode Olympic Games.
- The airport is featured in "The Bourne Supremacy" starring Matt Damon. Terminal 2 is shown followed by a scene shot at the arrival/pick-up area outside of Terminal 2.
- The airport (under a different name; "Zakhaev International Airport") is featured in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, in a controversial mission "No Russian", in which the player (who can opt out of participation) goes on a shooting rampage with other terrorists to try to infiltrate their ring. The airport is featured as a multiplayer map in this game, as well as Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3.
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