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There are 16 item(s) tagged with the keyword "air travel".

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1. Turbulence (and Cannibalization) for Russian Airlines

  Russian airlines are bringing old aircraft back into service due to a shortage of more modern options.

Tags: safety, airplane, technology, sanctions, air travel
2. Navalny Volunteer Arrested at Kazakhstan Airport

A former Navalny volunteer was arrested during a layover in Kazakhstan. She is fighting extradition to Russia.

Tags: politics, air travel, navalny, political prisoners, dissent, Kazakhstan
3. The Chkalov Flight: Almost Lost to Time

An easily-overlooked monument and museum outside Portland, Oregon, marks the site where three Soviet aviators completed the world's first transpolar flight.

Tags: america, history, air travel, aviation
4. Dry Flights?

Russia may ban alcohol on flights and use breathalyzers to prevent drunk passengers from boarding.

Tags: travel, ministry of justice, alcohol, air travel, aeroflot
5. Your Thumbprint for a Visa?

Russian airports will begin collecting biometric data from foreign visitors. 

Tags: biometrics, visas, air travel
6. The Pigeons Are Coming Too

Anya, a Russian influencer, took her more than 10 pets, including multiple pigeons, from Russia to Montenegro.

Tags: emigration, air travel, pigeons, Montenegro, russians abroad, animals
7. Cracking Down on Air Travel

Russia's aviation authority has placed its airport security on maximum antiterrorist alert.

Tags: transport, air travel, security
8. Lust for Almost-Wandering

An airport in Anapa is selling a flight experience that promises everything but the travel.

Tags: war in ukraine, travel, air travel
9. Russia in the Time of COVID

How has Russia changed since the last time you were there, pre-pandemic?

Tags: travel warning, united states, air travel, COVID, st. petersburg, Moscow
10. Soviet Terror of the Skies: Marina Raskova and the Night Witches

The bravery with which the all-female 588th Night Bomber Regiment defended the Soviet Union from Nazi invasion earned them a legendary nickname.

Tags: ussr, stalin, air travel, women, great patriotic war, world war ii

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