“I find the extension of this order necessary in the public interest in order to avoid the inevitable violation of the rules (export controls. - 

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),” RIA Novosti quotes the text of the decision of the profile assistant to the Minister of Commerce Matthew Axelrod.

It is noted that the restrictions are extended for 180 days from December 20.

Earlier, the Director General of the International Air Transport Association (IATA) William Walsh called on the West to prepare for the resumption of flights through Russia.

He noted that the ban on flights through the airspace of Russia and Ukraine led to the accumulation of aircraft in the European sky and became a big problem for airlines.