This, according to TASS, was stated by Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin.

“The issue concerns assistance to the southern and some airports in the Central District, where flights are temporarily limited ... We will expand the operating expenses compensation program for them by almost 2.5 billion rubles,” he said.

Earlier it was reported that the regime of restrictions on flights to 11 airports in the south and central part of Russia was extended until August 23.

Flights to the airports of Anapa, Belgorod, Bryansk, Voronezh, Gelendzhik, Krasnodar, Kursk, Lipetsk, Rostov-on-Don, Simferopol and Elista are temporarily restricted.