Russia plans to double its no-fly zones

Source: Kommersant

Russia’s Transportation Ministry plans to expand the list of no-fly zones, adding zones over fuel and energy facilities, defense industry facilities, and transportation infrastructure. The Russian newspaper Kommersant reviewed the draft of the relevant order.

According to the newspaper, the new version of the order “On the Establishment of No-Fly Zones” includes 818 zones across the country, including the Magadan region and Yakutia. The list was compiled based on recommendations from the Federal Security Service (FSB), the Federal Protective Service (FSO), the Defense Ministry, the National Guard, the Industry and Trade Ministry, the Energy Ministry, Rosatom, Roscosmos, and other state companies. Proposals from regional governments were also taken into account.

The current version of the order contains less than half as many no-fly zones: 374, Kommersant said. Sources at the Transportation Ministry told the outlet that the ban would also apply to drones. An exception will be made for Defense Ministry aircraft and planes representing the interests of oil companies.

The new rules will take effect once the order is published and will remain in force indefinitely.

In early June, flights by small aircraft — civilian aircraft at altitudes up to 5,100 meters (16,732 feet) — were completely banned in the Moscow flight zone. In effect, the ban covers all of central Russia: from the border with Belarus to the boundaries of the Yekaterinburg and Samara zones, as well as from the border with the St. Petersburg flight zone to the southern border, where flights have been banned since the start of the full-scale war.

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