MOSCOW, Jan 9 The sixth and seventh military transport aircraft of the Russian Aerospace Forces were delivered to Moscow another 200 Russian citizens from Kazakhstan, according to the press service of the Russian Defense Ministry. «The sixth and seventh aircraft of the military transport aviation of the Russian Aerospace Forces with Russian citizens on board landed at the Chkalovsky airfield near Moscow. The aircraft were delivered from the Alma-Ata airfield (Republic of Kazakhstan) to Moscow 100 Russian citizens each, «the message says.
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It is noted that Russian citizens delivered to Russia by a military transport aircraft have arrived to Alma-Ata on New Year's holidays on tourist trips and on vacation to relatives. As a result of the aggravation of the situation and the closure of the Almaty international airport, Russian tourists remained in the city's hotels. While in the hotels, they turned to the leadership of the Russian contingent of the peacekeeping forces with a request for assistance in transporting them to the territory of the Russian Federation.