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All UK flights to and over Russia banned as part of sanctions following Ukraine’s invasion

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Moscow (Russia): Russia's civil aviation authority has banned U.K. flights to and over Russia in retaliation to the British ban on Aeroflot flights.

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Rosaviatsiya said that all flights by the UK carriers to Russia as well as transit flights are banned starting Friday.


It said the measure was taken in response to the unfriendly decisions by the British authorities who banned flights to the UK by the Russian flag carrier Aeroflot as part of sanctions over Russia's invasion of Ukraine. (AP)

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