“Aeroflot's SU2459 take-off flight with citizens of the Russian Federation departed from Charles de Gaulle Airport,” TASS quotes a message from the Russian embassy in Paris.

It is noted that a total of 168 passengers are on board the aircraft.

It is clarified that many Russians are returning to their homeland in transit through Paris.

Earlier, the export flight of IrAero Airlines took 59 Russian citizens from Vietnam.