In September 2019, Moscow’s Sheremetyevo International Airport, the largest in Russia, became the first in eastern Europe to operate three runways. The airport is counting on the runways and its new passenger terminals to increase its passenger numbers by a factor of 1.5 to 65 million people by 2030,...
State-run operator Russian Railways has suspended passenger traffic between Russia and North Korea because of the coronavirus outbreak, TASS reported.
In accordance with a message from the North Korean Ministry of Railways dated February 1, 2020 passenger railway traffic between Russia and North Korea through the Khasan-Tumangang checkpoint has been...
Aeroflot observes the desire of passengers to return tickets already purchased for flights to Italy, South Korea and Iran, the press service of the Russian flag carrier told TASS on Wednesday.
State consumer market watchdog Rospotrebnadzor earlier recommended for Russians to refrain from visiting these countries against the background of the coronavirus spread...
The Russian government is mulling a complete ban on domestic travel, both by air and rail, in the face of the COVID-19 threat, RIA Novosti reported citing a source in the cabinet.
Further restrictions on all kinds of movements across the country are also being discussed, according to the state-run...
The Government of Russia has accepted a proposition to allocate 23.4 billion rubles to airlines as a manner of compensation for the reduced traffic due to coronavirus, Vedomosti informs.
The allocation of these funds and the rules for their distribution among airlines were approved at the latest meeting of the...
Russia is considering Turkey’s proposal to resume flights between the countries starting July 15, Russian Transport Minister Yevgeny Dietrich informed, as reported by TASS.
"We are considering that," he said when asked about Russia’s position on the proposal made by Turkey.
Dietrich said earlier that the possibility that international flights from...
Foreigners whose countries have visa-free travel agreements with Russia will once again be able to come to the country for short business trips, according to a decree signed by Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin on Wednesday, The Moscow Times reported.
Russia sealed its borders to nearly all foreigners in late March...
Aeroflot Airlines is now discussing with Russian diplomats in the United States further actions in connection with the accusation of allegedly Aeroflot employees of smuggling electronics from the United States, the airline’s spokeswoman Yulia Spivakova told reporters. She noted that the published list of citizens who were charged contains...
An electronic visa to enter Russia may become multiple, Ivan Volynkin, director of the Russian Foreign Ministry's consular department, said in an interview with Sputnik.
A short-term e-visa was supposed to start operating in Russia from January 1, 2021. However, due to COVID-19, the issuance of unified electronic visas has...
The national tourism project envisages the commissioning by 2024 of 4,000 new hotel rooms under Russian and international brands in popular resorts, the head of Russian Tourism Agency Zarina Doguzova told reporters on Thursday, TASS reported.
"Investing in tourism should be profitable and interesting. The national project provides for preferential...
