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After a four-year break, Russia has decided to resume flights with Georgia. But not all carriers will be able to resume flights - only those who did not fall under sanctions.When and how can transportation resume - RBC figured it out President Vladimir Putin signed a decree lifting the ban on Russian airlines flying to Georgia from May 15, 2......

for direct flights with Georgia and visas for Georgian citizens. Tbilisi has not yet received a corresponding notification from Moscow, Georgia, after Russia's decision to resume direct flights, will allow flights by Russian airlines, but only those carriers that are not under Western sanctions, said Georgia's Deputy Economy Minister Mariam Kvrivishvili. According to her, Tbilisi has not yet issue...

Morocco's national airline Royal Air Maroc is launching direct flights from Domodedovo to Casablanca from May 2, the press service of the capital's airport told RBC. Two flights a week will be organized: on Wednesdays and Fridays. Travel time will be 6 hours 15 minutes. Boeing 737 will be used for air travel. Direct flights to Morocco were suspended during the pandemic in October 2......

President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenkogot acquainted with the progress of construction work of the general educational theater and museum complex (choreographic school) on Russky Island in Vladivostok,April 2022 Photo from the archive President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko got acquainted with the progress of construction work of the general educational theater and museum complex (choreograph...

Regular flights between Vladivostok and the Chinese city of Harbin resumed three years later. The governor of Primorye, Oleg Kozhemyako, was the first to fly to China , as he announced in his telegram channel. “We are leaving on the first regular flight with a business mission. The program is intense. High-level meetings in Harbin and Beijing,” Kozhemyako wrote. Plans to launch a flight on the Vla...

The West inflicted on Russia "a sanction strike, equal in strength to which there has not been in recent history," and the purpose of this strike was precisely the Russian people. This was stated by Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin in his speech to the State Duma. Broadcasted by RBC. “The West at the very beginning tried to assure that the sanctions were not directed against our citizens. And then...

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Russian airlines complained to the Ministry of Transport about problems with flights to China , which began to ease anti-covid restrictions. After the ban on flights to the EU and the US , the importance of China for aviation has "increased exponentially", according to the industry The Association of Air Transport Operators (AEVT), which includes 22 Russian companies, including Aeroflot, S7, Ural ...

Russian airlines complained to the Ministry of Transport about problems with flights to China , which began to ease anti-covid restrictions. After the ban on flights to the EU and the US , the importance of China for aviation has "increased exponentially", according to the industry The Association of Air Transport Operators (AEVT), which includes 22 Russian companies, including Aeroflot, S7, Ural ...

The first groups of Chinese tourists in Russia are expected by the summer, but the mass tourist flow will reach pre-pandemic levels in two to three years at best. Why the return of tourists from Chinaimportant for the economy and what are the problems with it Russia and China have resumed an agreement on visa-free group tourist trips, suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic , follows from the respo...

Tbilisi risks falling under secondary sanctionswhen air links with Russia are restored, the EU Foreign Service warned. There have been no direct flights between the countries since 2019, the Foreign Ministry expressed hope The European Union calls on Georgia to join the sanctions against Russia in the field of aviation and not to resume flights with it, EU Foreign Service spokesman Peter Stano tol...

Tbilisi risks secondary sanctionswhen air links with Russia are restored, the EU Foreign Service warned. There have been no direct flights between the countries since 2019, the Foreign Ministry expressed hope The European Union calls on Georgia to join the sanctions against Russia in the field of aviation and not to resume flights with it, EU Foreign Service spokesman Peter Stano told Georgian net...

Direct full-fledged flights between Russia and China may resume in 2023, Acting Consul General saidChina in Yekaterinburg Tun Wang, RIA Novosti reports. According to him, this year it is possible to resume direct flights from Russia toChina , both to the mainland and Hainan Island. The diplomat also believes that mass tourism between the two countries can be resumed in 2......

Reuters previously wrote that the 10th package of sanctions against Russia could be introduced on February 24. The head of the EC confirmed the preparation of the package and indicated that The head of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, confirmed the preparation of the tenth package of sanctions against Russia and noted that it will mainly focus on closing loopholes in the measures alr...

Because of the sanctions, Russian industry has lost modern and critical technologies, von der Leyen said. Putin said Rounds of restrictive EU measures imposed against Russia due to the military operation in Ukraine will weaken the country's economy in the coming years, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos. The broadcast was on YouTube. ...

The situation with flight delays could become the most stressful in a decade due to growing demand and shrinking airspace available, Eurocontrol said.warned of "huge problems" Passengers on flights in Europe in 2023 will face more serious disruptions, one of the reasons will be the heavy congestion of the sky after the closure of the airspaces of Russia and Ukraine and the recovery in demand after...

The Perm Regional Court upheld the decision of the Dzerzhinsky District Court to recover from Aeroflot PJSC money for canceled flights and compensation for non-pecuniary damage. This was reported by the press service of the court. Recall that a resident of Perm filed a lawsuit against Aeroflot PJSC to recover funds for canceled flights and compensation for moral damage. In support of the claim, th...

At the end of August, the EU member states will discuss the possibility of a ban on issuing visas to Russians. RBC figured out which countries support the ban, How can the ban on the issuance of Schengen visas to Russians be implemented? An informal meeting of EU foreign ministers will be held in Prague on August 3......

Visitors from more than 50 countries, including Russia, who can stay in the kingdom without a visa for no more than 30 days,can stay up to 45 Foreign tourists visiting Thailand in October-March will be able to extend their visa-free stay, said Tavisilp Wisanuyotin, a spokesman for the National Center for COVID-19 Situation Management (CCSA), according to the Bangkok Post. “This will help increase ...

The EU cannot ban the issuance of short-term visas, the European Commission noted. However, members of the union can independently "study each issue of issuing short-stay visas in a particular situation", The visa code of the European Union does not contain the possibility of stopping the issuance of short-term visas, including to Russian citizens, Anita Hipper, a representative of the European Co...

After the events in Ukraine, the EU stopped air communication with Russia. And while Russians are being issued Schengen visas, the burden is borne by countries with which Russia has open land borders - Finland, Estonia and Latvia, The authorities of the EU countries should stop issuing entry visas to Russian tourists, said Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas. “Stop issuing tourist visas to Russian...

From the beginning of August, direct flights from Kazan to Dushanbe will resume. Experts believe that flights are primarily intended not for the development of the tourism industry, From August 4, Somon Air will resume direct flights between Kazan and Dushanbe. Flights will be operated on Thursdays on Boeing 737-8......

In Bulgaria, in the first five months of 2022, compared to the same period last year, the number of Russian tourists increased by 3.9 times, Tourism Minister Hristo Prodanov said, Dnes reports. “Despite the difficult international situation, the lack of direct flights, a total of 33,584 visits [to the country] by Russian tourists were taken into account in January-May 2......

The head of Merlion suggested that the prices for equipment in Russia would not be able to return to the pre-crisis level. They are affected by the lack of competition with foreign vendors, Prices for equipment in Russia will begin to decline in the near future, however, most likely they will not return to the level before February 24, Dmitry Vinogradov, head of the Merlion distributor, said in an...

Moscow would like to increase the number of flights between Russia and Serbia, but it is still difficult to predict due to the "serious pressure" of Western countries on Belgrade,Yury Pilipson, Director of the Fourth European Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, said Due to the fact that Serbia has not abandoned air links with Russia, Western countries are putting serious pressure on Bel...

Owner of the PSK group of companies Maxim Stern The PSK Group of Companies is investing 5.7 billion rubles in the construction of a new apartment project in St. Petersburg. The 1040-room facility will be the largest project of the Avenir apart-hotel chain, which is being developed by PSK. Experts say that the developer is bringing the project to the market at a difficult time - in the first quarte...

Maldives Next summer, Novosibirsk residents who want to relax in foreign beach resorts will be able to go to Turkey, Egypt, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Bahrain, Israel, Abkhazia, Kazakhstan, the Maldives or Sri Lanka. According to Olga Leushina, Associate Professor of the Department of Business in the Services Sector of NSUEM, you can fly to these destinations mainly from Moscow. “There are a...

This year, delegations from African countries are expected to visit KazanSummit. The organizers note that they are of "special interest". Experts believe that the summit will help restore ties, African partners “African countries will be of particular interest at KazanSummit-2022. We are waiting for delegations from countries such as Sierra Leone, Nigeria, Mali, Burkina Faso, Uganda and many other...

After February 24, the volume of purchases of Russians in foreign online stores fell sharply. The main reason is the inability to pay for goods with cards of Russian banks. After the start of a special military operation in Ukraine on February 24, several popular international brands, including IKEA, Zara and H&M, as well as large online retailers Asos, iHerb, etc., announced the suspension or ter...

The Serbian authorities will ask Russia and NATO for information about the situation when a fighter jet flew near the Air Serbia plane, Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said on the air of the Radio and Television of Serbia television and radio company. We are talking about a passenger plane that flew on the Belgrade-Moscow route. During a flight near the Russian-Latvian border, Russian air traff...