Russia halts Ukraine transit flights, considers US and EU restrictions

Russia has decided to ban some transit flights across the country by Ukrainian airlines and is considering imposing a ban on flights from the EU and US, Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said Thursday.

“Russia will cancel all transit flights for Ukrainian airlines through its airspace into Georgia, Azerbaijan, Armenia and Turkey,” Medvedev said during a government meeting on Thursday.

Russia is considering closing its airspace to EU and US airlines as a part of the countermeasures to Western sanctions which affected Aeroflot subsidiary Dobrolet, Prime Minister confirmed .... http://rt.com/business