MOSCOW. Oct 3 (Interfax) - The Federal Air Transport Agency (Rosaviatsia) has blamed air carriers' perfunctory approach to safety requirements for the frequency and recurrence of air crashes in Russia.

MOSCOW. Nov 1 (Interfax) - The Federal Air Transport Agency has considerably reduced the number of winter charter flights of three airlines - VIM Avia, Krasnoyarsk Airlines and Orenburg Airlines, agency head Yevgeny Bachurin told a press conference in Moscow on Thursday.

MOSCOW. July 3 (Interfax) - Russia's air authorities are considering the possibility of introducing 'black lists' of foreign airlines flying to Russia, deputy head of the Federal Air Transport Agency (Rosaviatsia) Gennady Loshchenov told journalists on Tuesday in Moscow.

Excerpt from report by Russian RBK TV on 16 February The Federal Service for Transport Supervision and the Federal Air Transport Agency has banned nine Russian airlines from carrying out charter and one-off flights to the EU due to revealed technical flaws.

Text of report by Russia TV on 2 October Most Russian air carriers commit serious violations in the use of passenger airliners, a joint sitting of the collegium of the Prosecutor-General's Office and Ministry of Transport announced today.