Russia confirmed 8 481 new Covid-19 cases Wednesday, bringing the country’s official number of cases to 1 176 286 as the number of new infections across the country continues to rise.

Moscow's schools will take a two-week vacation from Oct.5-18 in order to slow the city's rise in coronavirus…

As it follows from the statistics of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism of Turkey, the country from January to August was visited by 772,7 thousand Russians, more tourists came only from Germany. This figure is 84% ​​less than in the same period a year earlier (4,8 million).

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Aeroflot Airlines plans to start international flights to the Czech capital from October 1. “The Russian passenger air carrier Aeroflot will resume regular flights from Moscow to Prague from October 1. The flights will be operated 2 times a week - on Thursdays and Saturdays,” said a source in the…

On September 23, the Rosaviatsia website published information about a request of a number of air carriers for regular flights admissions to Italy. So, Aeroflot intends to fly from Moscow Sheremetyevo to Rimini with frequency two flights per week. The low-cost airline Pobeda wants to send liners from…

On September 18, 2020, a meeting of Russian operational headquarters was held to prevent the import and spread of a new coronavirus infection. The operational headquarters made a decision to resume flights to four new countries in September. One of them is in Europe, the other three are in Asia.

As…

As the National Tourism Administration of the Republic reported, 191 700 Russian citizens visited Georgia in January-August 2020, which is 5,5 times less than the figure for the same period in 2019.

In terms of the number of citizens who visited Georgia over eight months of this year, Russians…

As informed source, closed to the Federal Air Transport Agency said on September 11, the process of resuming flights between Russia and other states will be very long and phased due to the arrival of the second wave of COVID-19 in different regions of the world.

“The prevailing trend in…

Finland will maintain the current restrictions on the entry of foreigners. Despite the closed borders and the suspension of the mass issuance of tourist visas in Russia, the service fee for issuing the Finnish Schengen has increased.

Finland will not open to Russian travelers in early autumn.…

The order of September 2, 2020 was published on the website of the government of the Russian Federation on the resumption of international flights on three more routs. Airlines will be able to fly from Russia to Egypt (Cairo), the United Arab Emirates (Dubai) and the Maldives (Velana airport). Air…

From September 1, Moldova updated the list of states whose citizens can enter the Republic in the conditions of the coronavirus pandemic.

As the press secretary of the country's border police Raisa Nowitski told, Russia has been excluded from the "red" zone of this list. This decision of…

Lufthansa is planning six special passenger flights between Moscow and Frankfurt am Main in September this year, a spokesman of the airline has reported.

These are flights with departures 3-4, 10-11 and 17-18 September, he said. Only Russian citizens and foreigners who have a special permit…

Experts and the media continue to speculate about which foreign destinations may be reopened for flights from Russia in the near future. Now we are talking about new destinations - Egyptian Cairo, Chinese Shanghai, as well as France, Cyprus, Hungary, Malta and Jordan.

The government instructed…

The government of Poland plans to restore air service with Russia, as well as with a number of other countries, which was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a decree, partially published by the Polish Press Agency.

According to the decree, besides Russia also China, Gabon,…

Wizz Air has confirmed the restart of its London Luton flights to Moscow and since August 19, the carrier has resumed regular flights from St. Petersburg's Pulkovo airport to the United Kingdom.

The flights from St. Petersburg to Luton Airport are planned to be operated up to three times…

Rosaviatsia informed the airlines about the opening of three more Russian cities for international flights. The new rule took effect from August 20. Now this means expanding the flight program only to Turkey (the flights to Tanzania and Great Britain from the regions are not planned yet).

“In…

Routes connecting St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Region with four Finnish cities will open in 2021, the press service of the Leningrad Region government reports.

The routes will be arranged within the framework of the project - "Tourist Corridor" St. Petersburg – Saimaa. They will link…

Swiss Airlines resumed flights from Russia on Saturday, Domodedovo airport said in its official telegram channel.

“Domodedovo has served the first regular flight of Swiss Airlines after the resumption of flights between Russia and Switzerland. Flight LX 1327 took off today from Domodedovo…

Leading Russian airlines resumed flights from Sheremetyevo International Airport to popular tourist destinations in Antalya, Bodrum and Dalaman, in Turkey, on August 10 as part of the phased restoration of international air traffic. Passenger traffic on these routes totaled 9 000 people during the…

From September 1, air traffic to the most of the CIS countries may be resumed, and the list of Russian airports from which international flights will be permitted should be expanded.

This information was announced in ATOR (Association of Tour Operators of Russia). According to preliminary…

Aeroflot Airlines will resume flights to Geneva, Switzerland, from August 15. Earlier, the Russian government made a decision on the possibility of resuming flights with the country.

“Flights will be operated from August 15 under a reduced program (one flight per week on Saturdays). As international…