Restrictions on flights to Russia's southern airports extended until Aug 29

MOSCOW. Aug 22 (Interfax) - The Federal Air Transport Agency (Rosaviatsiya) has again extended restrictions on flights to the airports of central and southern Russia, this time until August 29, the agency press service said.

Flights remain suspended to the airports of Anapa, Belgorod, Bryansk, Voronezh, Gelendzhik, Krasnodar, Kursk, Lipetsk, Rostov-on-Don, Simferopol, and Elista, the agency said.

Rosaviatsiya first imposed the restrictions on February 24, the day the Russian special military operation in Ukraine began.