Rosaviatsia closed the sky for planes from Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, Slovenia – RBC

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The Federal Air Transport Agency has banned air carriers from the Baltic countries and Slovenia from operating flights to and from Russia, as well as using the country’s airspace as a transit, follows from the agency’s message.

“Due to unfriendly decisions of the aviation authorities of Latvia, Lithuania, Slovenia and Estonia, air carriers of these states and / or those registered in them are subject to restrictions on flights to points on the territory of the Russian Federation, including transit flights through the airspace of the Russian Federation,” the statement reads. message.

Seven European countries have closed flights for Russians. How to get to Europe

By February 27, nine European countries closed their airspace to Russian aircraft. In addition to Slovenia and the Baltic states, these are the Czech Republic, Poland, Romania, Bulgaria and the UK.

This is how they reacted to the special military operation launched by President Vladimir Putin in Ukraine on February 24th. World leaders condemned Putin’s actions and, in addition to restrictions on the flights of Russian ships, imposed sanctions on the banking sector, technology exports and some sectors of the Russian economy.

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