“289 people registered for the flight, including 280 citizens of the Russian Federation and nine foreigners, four of whom are from the CIS countries. This is the first export flight, which is carried out according to the schedule approved by the operational headquarters, it was organized by the Ministry of Communications, ”TASS quoted him as saying.

The diplomat noted that the plane will land in St. Petersburg, where 60 people will leave, and then head to Moscow. 

In April, the Russian embassy reported that Russians who wished to leave Britain flew from London to Moscow.