Russia has resumed the export of citizens from abroad. The first flights will depart from Bishkek and Dhaka

On April 6, Russia will resume international flights to take its citizens home, said the government's operational headquarters . The first flights will depart today from Bishkek, the capital of Kyrgyzstan, to Yekaterinburg and from Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh, to Nizhny Novgorod.

the complete closure of international communications and the cessation of the return of compatriots The headquarters announced on the evening of April 3. So, passengers of a flight to New York learned about the cancellation, having already checked in for their flight. To all those who remained abroad, the government promised to provide targeted assistance. According to the estimates of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the media, it was about 25-30 thousand people.

After a public outcry, Deputy Prime Minister Tatyana Golikova called it a "time-out" until Monday: time was supposedly needed to complete the formation of the lists of the remaining citizens. “Russia did not refuse to take its citizens out of other countries. We never leave our people,” Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin said at a meeting on April 6.