The cancellation of numerous European flights to Moscow after air service providers stated they would certainly not fly over Belarus resulted from purely technical reasons, the Kremlin said Friday.
” Aviation authorities will certainly provide the required explanations, yet these are technical reasons,” Kremlin representative Dmitry Peskov informed press reporters, adding that the actions were required to make certain aeronautics safety.
Belarus sparked a global uproar after it rushed a fighter jet on Sunday to ground a Ryanair trip from Athens to Vilnius carrying a resistance protestor.
In feedback to the compelled touchdown, the European Union outlawed flights from Belarusian provider Belavia and prompted airline companies based in the bloc to prevent flying over the ex-Soviet nation.
Previously today, three Moscow-bound trips operated by European service providers were cancelled after Russia declined their flight strategies.
The most current cancellation occurred on Friday early morning, with an Air France flight from Paris claiming its flight was junked by Russian authorities.
” Of training course we would like to avoid such circumstances however since they have actually arised from a choice of the EU … such technological problems are inescapable,” Peskov claimed.
He added that “there are no reasons here for more troubles” with Brussels.
In a declaration on Friday, Russia’s Federal Air Transport Agency claimed that adjustments of formerly accepted paths can result in hold-ups in getting departure, arrival or transportation licenses.
” The increase in time it takes to complete the treatments results from the boost in the number of requests from airline companies,” the firm claimed.
Ballerinas on Tanks Perform ‘Swan Lake’ at Russia’s Army Games
Russia’s front runner “Combat Olympics” featured a strange ballet efficiency on top of tanks.
Videos from the International Army Games 2021 (ArMI-2021) revealed 2 ballerinas in tutus and also pointer footwear pirouetting, arabesque-ing and also pliéing to “Swan Lake” in a pas de deux with uniformed servicemen.
The male professional dancers, whom the media identified as Belarusian tank staff, remained in full uniform as well as were notably not putting on black tights.
The containers had Belarusian flags on the turrets.
Other fight containers were seen kicking up dust while steering behind-the-scenes.
The 7th yearly ArMI-2021 military-technical games is hosting showcases and also demos of a selection of brand-new armed cars, weapons systems, airplane and also more to a worldwide target market.
The expo at Patriot Park, a military-themed park outside Moscow, is a crucial event for Russia, the globe’s second-largest arms exporter.
The professional dancers’ eyebrow-raising efficiency happens 2 years after a main Russian volunteer armed forces service organized an eccentric International Women’s Day photoshoot featuring armed and also camouflaged servicemen posing together with ballerinas inside an empty city station.
It additionally comes days after the 30th wedding anniversary of the 1991 August coup, when “Swan Lake” played on a loop on Soviet tvs as communist hardliners attempted to seize power from Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev.