In the south of Russia extended until March 26 the restriction of airports

The aviation authorities decided to extend until March 26 the temporary closure of a number of airports in the south and in the central part of Russia, including in cities such as Anapa, Belgorod, Voronezh, Gelendzhik, Krasnodar, Rostov-on-Don. According to Interfax, this was announced today by the press service of the Aerodinamika Group of Companies.

Temporary restrictions on flights to airports in a number of cities in the central part and south of the Russian Federation were introduced on the morning of February 24, when a special Russian military operation in Ukraine began.

At the same time, as RIA Novosti notes, earlier the authorities assumed that the restriction of air traffic would be extended until March 20 due to the fact that the territories of airports in this part of the country were recognized as unsafe for landing civilian aircraft.

Recall that on February 21, 2022, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed decrees recognizing the independence of the self-proclaimed Donetsk and Luhansk People’s Republics (DPR and LPR), and on February 24 he made an emergency appeal to the Russians and announced a special military operation in Donbass. In his speech, he stated that “circumstances require decisive action from Russia” and stressed that “Russia will not allow Ukraine to have nuclear weapons.”

In response to Russia’s actions, Western countries (USA, Canada, European Union, Great Britain, Japan) announced new, tougher sanctions against the Russian Federation, including financial and economic ones.

Thus, in particular, Russian banks fell under the sanctions, including Sberbank, VTB, Novikombank, FC Otkritie and Sovcombank, and for a number of state-owned companies it was difficult to attract foreign capital.

Later, the EU countries and the United States agreed to disconnect Russian banks that fell under sanctions from the international system of interbank transactions and information exchange SWIFT. In addition, it was decided to freeze the assets of the Bank of Russia, which will create difficulties for its use of international reserves. EU countries also pledged to take steps to limit the sale of citizenship — the so-called “golden passports” that allow wealthy Russians connected to the Russian government to become citizens of EU states and access their financial systems. In addition, the European Union, the United States, Canada and a number of other countries have closed the sky for Russian aircraft.

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