Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said Thursday that Moscow is considering an overflight ban for European and US airlines to the Asia-Pacific region in retaliation for their sanctions targeting Russia’s low-cost airline Dobrolet.
“We are considering measures that would be an answer to the EU sanctions against Dobrolet,” Xinhua quoted Medvedev as saying. A number of retaliatory steps are “on the table”, such as a ban on European and US airlines using Russian airspace for flights to the Asia-Pacific region, media report said.