Тhe Russian government suspended all regular and charter flights on March 27, except for flights aimed at bringing Russians home.

The ban does not apply on repatriation, freight, postal, sanitary and humanitarian transportation.

Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin: from March 28 all health resorts and public catering to suspend operation

Russia further restricted transport access on Sunday, banning a large amount of flights to and from foreign destinations. The move largely affects routes to secondary cities and holiday resorts, with most capital cities exempt.

The Ministry for the Development of the Russian Far East and the Arctic and the Federal Agency for Tourism will be developing cruise tourism in Russia’s Far Eastern and Arctic maritime regions, and the two institutions are already working on a list of laws needed for this.

To prevent the spread of COVID-19 in Moscow, the Mayor introduced additional measures In Moscow

The plan developed by the authorities is divided into four units. This is support and provision of basic necessities of the population; support of especially negative affected economic sectors; support of small and medium-sized businesses; system-wide measures. An anti-crisis fund of 3 billion euro was created to implement the support plan.

Hundreds of Russian tourists in Europe have found themselves stranded in foreign airports after most flights were canceled this week and borders closed due to the coronavirus crisis.

Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin on March 5 signed a decree "On the introduction of a high alert mode" in connection with the threat of the spread of coronavirus.

Russian state-run air carrier Aeroflot announced on Saturday changes to flights to and from European destinations after EU countries began imposing travel restrictions to contain the spread of the coronavirus.

Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin signed a decree establishing that the spread of coronavirus is an extraordinary and inevitable circumstance. The corresponding decree is published on the website of the mayor.

The Russian Railways have announced the termination of international trains with Latvia starting March 15, and with Ukraine and Moldova on March 17.

The Russian currency has reached record low values over the past 4 years. Representatives of travel agencies predicted how the behavior of Russian tourists will change.

Russia has imposed limitations on issuing visas for Iranian nationals, because of the coronavirus outbreak. Starting from Feb. 28, only humanitarian and business types visas will be allowed for Iranians,

From January to December 2019, foreigners made 32,9 million visits to Russia. This is about the same as in 2018 - an increase is 0,98%. However, the number of foreigners visiting Russia with tourist purposes increased by 20,5% over the year and amounted up to 5,1 million people.

The Border Service of Russia released the final data on the departure of Russian citizens abroad in 2019. Last year, the total exit flow increased by 7,9% compared to 2018 or by 3,5 million trips.

Tourist arrivals to Russia have surged by 20,5% in 2019. Country-specific figures showed increasing tourist arrivals in Russia from all continents except Latin America. The top five countries where tourists came from remained unchanged since 2018.

The tourist potential of Russian regions will be presented 42nd International Belgrade Tourism Fair, scheduled for February 20-23.

The fallout from the coronavirus has left the resort's hotels largely empty. Winter is high season for tourism around Lake Baikal in Siberia, but the coronavirus outbreak has curtailed its main source of income - Chinese holidaymakers.

Citizens of 53 countries will be able to apply for simplified, low-cost electronic visas to visit Russia starting next year.

A Russian cruise line has will offer trips along the Northern Sea route, a vast strip of the ocean in the Arctic Circle which has become navigable in recent years due to global warming.

State-run operator Russian Railways has suspended passenger traffic between Russia and North Korea because of the coronavirus outbreak.

Hungarian low-cost airline Wizz Air plans to launch new flights from St. Petersburg Pulkovo airport in 2020.

Russian tour operators have put group tours from China on hold as the country is fighting the outbreak of the coronavirus. The travel ban for Chinese tourists may reduce tourist flow from China in the first quarter of 2020 by some 70-80%.