Equipped with weapons forces can shoot down civilian aircraft violated the airspace of Russia, only in exceptional cases and If the cabin is not passengers or hostages. This follows from the new Rules the use of weapons In the protection of the Russian border in the airspace. Document approved by Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin, it was published on the official portal of legal acts. It provides that the first aircraft of VC must submit the offending radiocommande and visual signals at the exit from the airspace of Russia. If you continue the flight it should be forced to fit or to expel. If there is evidence that the plane was hijacked, the military is obliged to force it to land at established airfields. In case of failure to fulfill the requirements on the Board have the right to open fire, but only If there are no hostages. The amended Rules changed the Document of 1994, which also was forbidden to shoot down planes with passengers. <span style="color:darkgray