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About 30,000 Russian citizens returned to Russia during the period of transport restrictions adopted in different countries in connection with the pandemic of coronavirus infection. That is the number of applications that were registered on the State Services website in early April. This was announced at a briefing by the official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova, on Thursday, June 4.
She noted that more than 26,000 people were delivered home by Russian air carriers. Another 3.5 thousand people were transported by foreign airlines. Meanwhile, at the end of May, another 25,000 people asked to be exported.
Maria Zakharova recalled that the number of Russians in need of such assistance is constantly changing and depends on many factors. The department expects that the number of such citizens will increase with the end of the school year, when those who study abroad will need to return home. Over the past week, Russians arrived from the United States, Tajikistan, Thailand, Kyrgyzstan, South Korea, Spain, China, Hong Kong, the Dominican Republic, and Colombia. Behind this is the huge, coordinated work of a number of departments.
Earlier, the Russian Foreign Ministry recommended that Russian citizens refrained from traveling abroad, unless there was an urgent vital need. After the first wave of the spread of coronavirus infection, a second one may follow, the World Health Organization reminds.
Earlier, Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin promised that the Russian authorities would not leave Russian citizens abroad without support.
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