“A total of 242 Russians were exported. Flights are organized in close coordination with the Russian Foreign Ministry, the Ministry of Communications and Mass Media of Russia and the Federal Air Transport Agency, ”the diplomatic mission said on Facebook.
The Russians were taken out by special flights of the Ural Airlines Antalya - Kazan and Antalya - Yekaterinburg, as well as by Turkish Airlines on the route Istanbul - Moscow.
The Consulate General expressed gratitude to the representative office of the Turkish Foreign Ministry in Istanbul and the governorate of the province of Istanbul for their help in organizing the export of Russians to Antalya.
Earlier, Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin discussed with Turkish Vice President Fuat Oktay the issues of returning citizens of the two countries to their homeland.