*Before the latest, flights were possible to 15 countries including some states of the EAEU, Qatar, Mexico, others
*Saudi Arabia, Israel, India, Indonesia, China, Costa Rica, Malaysia, Hong Kong, Uruguay, Philippines, Turkey make new list
Curiously, Nigeria, Africa’s largest economy and most populous country, is not listed among the states Moscow listed as ‘friendly states’ to which flights from the country will go when it lifts coronavirus restrictions on flights from April 9, 2022.
Although Nigeria is not specifically mentioned in the announcement on Monday, Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin said from April 9, Russia will cancel restrictions on flights to 52 countries imposed due to the pandemic, including Argentina, India, China, South Africa, and other friendly states, according to TASS, Russian News Agency reports.
In the full list, Nigeria is not found, although there are other African countries included, namely; Egypt, Zimbabwe, Kenya, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Tanzania, Tunisia, Ethiopia and South Africa.
“Starting from April 9, we are lifting restrictions set for combating coronavirus pandemic, which applied to our regular and charter flights between Russia and a number of other countries,” he said, noting that the document was signed on Monday.
“Now, we are resuming flights with 52 countries, including Argentina, India, China, South Africa, and other friendly states,” Mishustin added. He recalled that earlier it was possible to fly to 15 countries without restrictions, including some states of the EAEU, Qatar, Mexico, and others.
The operational headquarters for combating coronavirus clarified that, starting from April 9, taking into account the epidemiological situation in individual countries, a decision was made to completely lift restrictions on regular and charter flights with Algeria, Argentina, Afghanistan, Bahrain, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, Venezuela, Vietnam, Hong Kong, Egypt, Zimbabwe, Israel, India, Indonesia, Jordan, Iraq, Kenya, China, North Korea, Costa Rica, Kuwait, Lebanon, Lesotho, Mauritius, Madagascar, Malaysia, Maldives, Morocco, Mozambique, Moldova, Mongolia, Myanmar, Namibia, Oman, Pakistan, Peru, Saudi Arabia, Seychelles, Serbia, Syria, Thailand, Tanzania, Tunisia, Turkey, Uruguay, Fiji, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Ethiopia, South Africa, and Jamaica.
