Russia

Aviation Week Staff
Russia’s Roscosmos has added radar observation capabilities to its Earth-monitoring constellation with a launch of the Kondor-FKA satellite.
Space

Aviation Week Network Staff
Two Ireland-based subsidiaries of Russia’s largest leasing group are trying to avoid liquidation with a last-minute application for examinership.
Airlines & Lessors

Aviation Week Network Staff
Russia’s biennial MAKS airshow will not take place as planned for the first time in the event’s 30-year history.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Mark Carreau
Russia’s MS-23 Progress resupply mission spacecraft autonomously docked to the Russian segment of the International Space Station at midday May 24.
Space

Aviation Week Staff
Russia’s largest helicopter operator, Utair Group, may ground 30% of its fleet this year due to a shortage of spare parts and components, the firm's CEO says.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
Ukraine on May 16 again claimed it had downed a round of Russian hypersonic Kinzhal missiles.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Mark Carreau
Sergey Prokopyev and Dmetri Petelin deployed and activated a radiator moved from the Rassvet module to Nauka during an April excursion.
Space

By Steve Trimble
Lockheed Martin announced a week after the Kinzhal shoot down that Germany’s PAC-3 MSE/launcher combination remained in operational testing on May 4.
Missile Defense & Weapons

Aviation Week Network Staff
Russian President Vladimir Putin lifted the ban on flights to Georgia in place since July 2019 after protests in Tbilisi, but sanctions may limit services.
Airports & Networks

Aviation Week Staff
Russia is close to completing the construction of a new launchpad for Angara rockets in Vostochny spaceport in the country’s Far East.
Space

Aviation Week Network Staff
Russian authorities have reduced subsidies for the air transport industry, causing some domestic air services to be axed.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Sean Broderick
The wave of sanctions that Russia’s invasion triggered had immediate consequences for the country’s airline industry.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

Aviation Week Network Staff
Russia’s international traffic seems to have recovered from the shock it experienced a year ago after Moscow invaded Ukraine.
Airlines & Lessors

By Piotr Butowski
An increasing number of signs indicate that work on a new Russian high-performance air-launched missile is nearing completion.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By David Casey
The airline said the route to Moscow would cater for demand for flights to the Middle East and beyond.
Airports & Networks

By David Casey
The LCC is adding flights to St Petersburg as the UAE continues its neutral stance regarding Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
Airports & Networks

By Adrian Schofield
The carrier had stopped using polar routes to fly from New York to HKG after Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
Airports & Networks

By David Casey
Destinations in Russia and Saudi Arabia are set to be new points for Air Arabia Abu Dhabi and Air Arabia Egypt respectively.
Airports & Networks

By David Casey
Armenian startup Fly Arna is launching a new route to Moscow, but Wizz Air Abu Dhabi will not return to the Russian capital as previously planned.
Airports & Networks

By David Casey
Flights to Moscow will resume in October, making the airline the fifth to offer flights between the United Arab Emirates and Russia.
Airports & Networks

By David Casey
The carrier intends to serve the country’s capital Yerevan.
Airports & Networks

By Aaron Karp
The Japanese carrier sees ‘signs of recovery’ after a difficult year.
Airports & Networks

By Victoria Moores
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has forced the airline to make changes.
Airports & Networks

By David Casey
The rerouted service to avoid Russian airspace will increase flight times by more than three hours.
Airports & Networks

By Helen Massy-Beresford
The ULCC says it is adjusting its point-to-point network to 'maximally mitigate this impact by redistributing capacity.'
Airports & Networks