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Russian citizens will be returned to the country on a special train, military aircraft and Belavia airliners.
The operational headquarters of the Russian Federation for the fight against coronavirus, which is headed by Deputy Prime Minister Tatyana Golikova, instructed to organize the export of Russians from countries unfavorable for coronavirus. This was reported on the website of the government.
The Ministry of Transport was instructed to attract the resources of the Ministry of Defense, the Ministry of Emergency Situations and the Presidential Administration to the return of Russians to their homeland.
Also, the Ministry of Transport should organize a one-time export of citizens of Ukraine and Russia to their homeland by rail: Ukrainians will be sent to Ukraine, Russians to the Russian Federation. The Russian Railways company clarified that for this a special train will be created on the route Kiev - Moscow - Kiev, which will depart on March 27.
The return of Russian citizens from Egypt, with which Russia has suspended flights, will be carried out on the aircraft of the Belarusian airline Belavia - on account of its debt to the Russian Federation for air navigation services.
Updated . The Russian Foreign Ministry said that Ukrainians from Russia will be taken out only on a voluntary basis.
ANO "National Priorities" in cooperation with Rospotrebnadzor to ensure the publication and daily updating of the list of foreign countries with an unfavorable situation with the spread of a new coronavirus infection on the Internet on the website "stopcoronavirus.rf".
- Due to the coronavirus pandemic, many countries have closed their borders. Therefore, Russian citizens who were abroad faced difficulties in returning to their homeland. They complained about flight cancellations and an increase in the price of Aeroflot tickets. FAS demanded that the carrier reduce ticket prices for those returning to Russia.
- In February, Russian authorities deployed military aircraft to evacuate Russians from the Chinese province of Hubei, which at that time was the world's main focus of the spread of coronavirus infection.