Russia has tricked Georgia around its finger with permission to fly with Azimuth

16 May 2023, 22:49 | Economy
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Azimuth, which received permission from Georgia to fly to this country, and for this urgently removed from its website information about flights to " This was reported by "

Deputy of the State Duma of the Russian Federation Zurab Makiyev sent a corresponding statement to the Prosecutor General of Russia Igor Krasnov.

“…Having a similar precedent, tomorrow, in the event of commercial gain, they will exclude the Republic of Crimea, the Donetsk and Lugansk People’s Republics, the Kherson and Zaporozhye regions from the Russian Federation,” the statement says..

Meanwhile, the situation in Georgia is escalating - the catalyst for unrest is the resumption of flights from Russia. The ruling " The opposition talks about the betrayal of the authorities.

Part of the opposition is going to resort to radical measures. According to the leader of the Droa party, Elena Khoshtaria, the citizens of Georgia must protest to Russia and show the whole world what they are worth, and for this, according to the politician, it is necessary to gather on May 19 on the Republic Square and march in columns to the Tbilisi International Airport to express.

Recall, according to Russian media reports, the Georgian authorities assured that they would give permission to resume flights only to those airlines that are not under sanctions..

At the same time, the Azimuth company, which received permission to fly from the Georgian government, is under sanctions from the anti-corruption agency of Ukraine..

In addition, the "

The Georgian authorities either hide their participation in the intensified expansion of Russia, or are put in the role of extras when Putin's decrees on the territory of this Transcaucasian state are being implemented even without the consent of Tbilisi.

Azimut allegedly received permission to operate flights from Moscow to Tbilisi from May 17. Although not a single official Georgian source announced this, and the reports come from Russian sources, moreover, also unofficial.

Moreover, on the morning of May 15, Russian media reported that the Georgian Civil Aviation Agency was only going to check Russian airlines and their fleet for issuance of the appropriate permit.. And permission will be issued only in the absence of sanctions from the airlines that have applied.

The head of the Civil Aviation Agency of Georgia, Givi Davitashvili, said that we are talking about charter flights. The agency was allegedly contacted by five airlines that want to fly between Russia and Georgia. Among them are four Russian air carriers and the Georgian airline Georgian Airways..

At the same time, the Georgian airline Georgian Airways, allegedly wishing to fly to Russia, is not only not sure of the date when such flights will begin, but even that this adventure justifies itself economically.

At the same time, the United States warned Georgia about sanctions in case of resuming direct flights with Russia..



The EU also urged Georgia not to resume direct flights with Russia and warned of sanctions.

Tbilisi's course towards the normalization of relations with Moscow is taking place against the backdrop of Russian occupation of 20% of Georgian territory, creeping " The Kremlin receives concessions without responsibility for the grief it caused the Georgian people.

On May 10, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed decrees by which he lifted the ban on flights to Georgia for Russian airlines and canceled the visa regime for Georgians.




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