A decision was made to resume international flights from September 21 to Kazakhstan (Nur-Sultan), Kyrgyzstan (Bishkek) and Belarus (Minsk), and from September 27 - to South Korea (Seoul).

Russia confirmed 5 449 new coronavirus infections Sunday, bringing the country’s official number of cases to 1 062 811.

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.

Russia confirmed 4 829 new coronavirus infections Friday, bringing the country’s official number of cases to 980 405.

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, the UAE and the Maldives. Air traffic with Switzerland will be expanded.

Russia confirmed 4 676 new coronavirus infections Wednesday, bringing the country’s official number of cases to 970 865.

Experts and the media continue to speculate about which foreign destinations may be reopened for flights from Russia in the near future.

Russia confirmed 4 785 new coronavirus infections Thursday, bringing the country’s official number of cases to 942 106.

The list of points from which international flights have been resumed to foreign states includes: Kazan, Kaliningrad and Novosibirsk.

Regular flights from Sheremetyevo Airport to Istanbul resumed on August 1, and 21 535 passengers traveled between Sheremetyevo airport and Istanbul from August 1-10.

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.

Russia confirmed 5 102 new coronavirus infections Thursday, bringing the country’s official number of cases to 907 758.

From September 1, the Russian authorities may approve the launch of international flights from the airports of Yekaterinburg and Kazan.

In foreign destinations this season the tourist flow may reach totally up to 4,5-5 million people.

The majority of Russians, or 73,8%, had not yet been on vacation. Half of Russians (50,3%) have already planned a vacation for the near future, but the rest are not going for holiday this season.

Russia confirmed 5 212 new coronavirus infections Saturday, bringing the country’s official number of cases to 882 347.

About a fifth part of Russian tourists are ready to go abroad after restoration of international traffic.

Foreigners whose countries have visa-free travel agreements with Russia will once again be able to come to the country for short business trips.

In the first half of 2020, the volume of inbound tourism in Russia fell by 83,6%.

Which countries are open to Russians.

By early August, several visa centers in Russia resumed their work. However, visa services are available only for limited categories of persons.

Russia confirmed 5 509 new coronavirus infections Thursday, bringing the country’s official number of cases to 834 499.

Currently, almost half of the Russian tourists preferred to travel in Russia. The Schengen countries are in the second place.

The European Union will remain closed to Russian citizens until at least mid-August.

Russia plans to restart international flights to Britain, Turkey and Tanzania on August 1. Also, Russia is in talks with 30 other countries on resuming flights.