Russia to reopen air travel with Finland, Vietnam, India and Qatar: government

Reuters
Passengers are seen in front of a departures board at Sheremetyevo International Airport outside Moscow

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian authorities said on Saturday that flights between Moscow and the capitals of Finland, Vietnam, India and Qatar, suspended since the early weeks of the pandemic, would restart from Jan 27, after certain epidemiological criteria were met.

A statement shared following a meeting of the government's coronavirus HQ said that the four countries were seeing fewer than 40 new cases per fortnight per 100,000 people.

(Reporting by Gleb Stolyarov; Writing by Polina Ivanova, Kirsten Donovan)