“The validity of previously issued permits for irregular international flights of Russian and foreign airlines related to the export of Russian and CIS citizens ... is temporarily suspended,” RIA Novosti reports.
They noted that such a decision was made in order to protect the health of Russians and to limit the “new wave of imported cases of disease” COVID-19 in Russia.
Earlier, the operational headquarters for the prevention of the import and spread of coronavirus reported that Russia from April 4, 00:00 Moscow time, suspends flights that are organized for the export of Russians to their homeland.