in Europe was surprised by Russia’s decision to terminate the issuance of flight permits bypassing the airspace of Belarus. On this occasion, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Austria was expressed, TASS reports.
in the foreign policy department stated that the decision of the Russian authorities would not issue Austrian Airlines airlines permission to fly from Vienna to Moscow on an alternative route bypassing Belarus not clear to the Austrian side. It is noted that the country’s position was transferred to the Russian ambassador in Vienna.
previously became known that Russia did not issue permission to Austrian carrier Austrian Airlines arrive in Moscow bypassing the Belarusian territory. The airline stopped flying over the airspace of Belarus after an incident with an emergency landing of the Ryanair aircraft in Minsk based on the recommendation of the EU Aviation Security Agency.
A similar situation occurred with the flight airline Air France, which was scheduled for May 27. The plane was supposed to fly from Paris to Moscow, but the flight was first moved, and then canceled. As the carrier’s press service explained, the flight did not take place, since Air France also did not receive permission to carry out flights to Russia bypassing Belarus.
May 23 Liner, following the route Athens – Vilnius, made an emergency landing in the Belarusian capital after reports of mining received from Minsk airport. To accompany the aircraft, the Fighter MiG-29 of the Air Force of Belarus was raised. Immediately after landing, Belarusian security forces detained on board the creator of the Telegram channel NEXTA Roman Protasevich. He is accused of creating extremist formation and calls to mass riots after the presidential election in August 2020.