Turkish Pegasus Airlines aircraft. File photoMOSCOW, March 11The Turkish airline Pegasus suspends flights to and from Russia from March 13 to 27 amid the situation around Ukraine and the anti-Russian sanctions imposed in this regard, follows from the company's statement. «In accordance with EU regulation No. insurance, reinsurance, leasing, operation, maintenance on flights to and from the Russian Federation. Due to operational risks under these conditions, all our flights to and from the Russian Federation are suspended from March 13 to March 27, 2022,» the statement said. published on the airline's website. It is noted that passengers who have purchased tickets for dates during this period to Moscow, St. according to which European companies are prohibited from supplying foreign-made civil aircraft and spare parts to Russia him. In addition, the media previously wrote that EU sanctions apply, among other things, to existing contracts with European lessors.Turkish Airlines has changed the conditions for selling tickets for RussiansRussia launched a military operation in Ukraine early in the morning on Thursday, February 24. President Vladimir Putin called its goal «the protection of people who have been subjected to bullying and genocide by the Kiev regime for eight years.» For this, according to him, it is planned to carry out «demilitarization and denazification of Ukraine», to bring to justice all war criminals responsible for «bloody crimes against civilians» in Donbass. According to the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, the Armed Forces strike only at the military infrastructure and Ukrainian troops, nothing threatens the civilian population. With the support of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, the DPR and LPR groups are developing an offensive. But there is no question of the occupation of Ukraine, the President of Russia emphasized. Western countries have introduced another anti-Russian sanctions since 2014. As the press secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov said earlier, the Western sanctions are very serious, Russia was preparing for them in advance. He added that they require analysis and coordination of departments in order to develop response measures that meet the interests of the Russian Federation. Western companies that refuse to work with Russia did so under enormous pressure, but Russia will solve all the problems with the economy that the West creates for it, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said earlier.
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