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Russia bans flights from Bulgaria, Poland, Czech Republic

Russia said it would close its airspace to flights from Bulgaria, Poland and the Czech Republic [File: Petr David Josek/AP Photo]

Russia said it was closing its airspace to flights from Bulgaria, Poland and the Czech Republic in tit-for-tat punitive measures following Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine.

“Air carriers of these states and/or registered in them are subject to restrictions on flights to destinations on the territory of the Russian Federation, including transit flights through the airspace of the Russian Federation,” the federal air transport agency Rosaviation said on Saturday.

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