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The number of charter flights, which are used to transport Russian citizens from foreign countries, will be reduced since March 31, RIA Novosti reports.
According to Eugene Dietrich, head of the Ministry of Transport, this measure is needed in order to process all the people returning home due to the spread of the coronavirus infection.
The Federal Air Transport Agency explained that flights will land at Moscow's Sheremetyevo Airport, which will take in no more than 500 people a day. Airports of other cities will take in no more than 200 people.
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reported that about 155 thousand Russian citizens returned to their homeland over the past ten days. About 15,000 fellow citizens flew in from countries with which air traffic was limited or terminated.
Starting from March 27, Russia completely stopped air traffic with other countries. From March 30, the state limited traffic through the state border at automobile, pedestrian, rail, river and mixed checkpoints. The aim of these measures is to prevent the further spread of the coronavirus infection.
Earlier, the head of the Russian government, Mikhail Mishustin, assured that the Russian authorities would not leave their citizens stranded abroad, they would be helped to return home.
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