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Guardian: Russians fleeing to Europe via Serbia


Author:N1 Belgrade

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The Guardian said on Friday that rich Russians are fleeing to Europe via 
Belgrade following the ban on flights from Russia across Europe.

“Rich Russians are exploiting a loophole known as the “Serbian backdoor” to 
flee to Europe and circumnavigate an EU-wide ban on flights to and from 
Russia,” the daily said 
<https://www.theguardian.com/business/2022/mar/11/wealthy-russians-using-air-serbia-loophole-to-avoid-eu-flights-ban>
  and recalled that Air Serbia has doubled the number of direct flights from 
Moscow to Belgrade to 15 a week to meet rapidly rising demand after the EU 
banned Russian planes and airlines from its airspace, after Vladimir Putin’s 
invasion of Ukraine.

Serbia has refused to impose sanctions against Russia, but its planes are free 
to fly into the European Union making it “the only European air corridor left 
open to Russia”, according to travel analytics company ForwardKeys. “What’s 
most notable is the speed with which Serbia has become the gateway for travel 
between Russia and Europe,” The Guardian quoted Olivier Ponti, ForwardKeys’ 
vice-president of insights.
Russians travel through Serbia mainly to Cyprus, France, Switzerland and Italy 
but also to the UK, Slovenia, Austria, Germany and Spain.



 

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