Russia’s prime minister, Dmitry Medvedev, this week threatened to close Siberian airspace to European planes, warning Europe that “many” European airlines could be forced into bankruptcy if Russia carried out its threat.
Medvedev’s announcement, published on Monday (8 September), came hours before the European Union’s member states agreed on a package of sanctions intended to persuade Russia to withdraw its troops from Ukraine. The EU’s sanctions are currently on ice, to provide the EU with an opportunity to assess Russia’s response to a ceasefire in force in eastern Ukraine since Friday (5 September).
The European Commission and leading airlines have not commented …read more
Source: European Voice
