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17 of September, 15:33

Russian airlines have not canceled flights to the Ukraine because of penalties
Russian airlines continue to fly to Ukraine, despite the introduction from the punishment of Ukraine, said the official Authorized the Ministry of transport and Rosaviation.
"Official notification on cancellation of flights by Russian airlines in Ukraine and the Russian aviation authorities of Russia have not received ", - has told RIA "news" the official representative of the Ministry of transport.
"in the main Centre of air traffic control has not received notice from the Ukrainian side about the limitations of the use of airspace for the performance of transit flights of the Russian airlines or flights to destinations in Ukraine ", - has told the official representative of the Ministry. On Wednesday evening the Ukrainian authorities imposed penalties on 25 Russian airlines, two of which no longer exist. According to the document published on the Internet representation of the President of Ukraine, in the sanctions list includes the largest Russian carrier Aeroflot and its 3 subsidiary Airline ? " Donavia ", "Orenburg airlines" and "Russia" and also adopted in the early fall of reorganization under Aeroflot's second largest Russian airline " Transaero ". According to the document, all companies do not fully or completely banned the transit of resources, flights and travel through the territory of Ukraine. We will add that the head of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko forbade foreign vessels in the ports of Sevastopol and Kerch. Tuesday on the Internet representation of the President of Ukraine was published a great list of natural and legal persons falling under Ukrainian punishment in connection with the events in Crimea and Donbass. In total, the Ukrainian authorities have imposed sentences about 388 physical and 105 legal entities, including citizens of 23 countries. Punishment will be effective for one year. Explaining this decision, the head of the state Duma on international Affairs Alexei Pushkov said: "Ukraine is falling apart, and Poroshenko is playing spillikins: introduces amusing punishment, "deprives" the Russian Federation the right of veto in the UN... Kiev is not going to help ".

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