Estonia from April 25, 2021 will resume air links with Russia, reports Interfax with reference to information from Tallinn Airport.
So far, there will be one flight between Moscow and Tallinn on Sundays. Flights to Moscow will be operated by the Russian airline Aeroflot.
However, according to information on the official website of the Estonian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Estonia is open for entry:
- Estonian citizens and residents and their family members. Estonian citizens and residents are admitted regardless of whether or not they show symptoms of sickness.
- Citizens and residents of the European Union, the Schengen States, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Andorra, Monaco, San Marino and the Vatican, as well as long-term visa holders and their family members, if they show no symptoms of sickness (a detailed list of countries may be found here).
- Nationals of countries listed in Annex 1 of the European Union Council Recommendation (Australia, South Korea, Singapore, Thailand, Rwanda and New Zealand).
- Foreign nationals without symptoms of sickness and not mentioned above who come to Estonia to study or work; family members of a foreign national who come to Estonia on a visa to work as a leading specialist in the fields of activity prescribed by law.
- The exemptions also apply, for example, to carriers of goods and raw materials, persons engaged in international freight and passenger transport, persons engaged in technological work in a company operating in Estonia, medical workers, diplomats, persons arriving in the framework of international military cooperation, and persons with special entry permits. (You can find out more about all the exemptions in Government Decree No. 282).
Thus, Russian citizens cannot yet come to Estonia as tourists.
It is important to note that it is possible to enter Estonia without self-isolation from countries with a cumulative incidence of less than 150 cases per 100,000 inhabitants over the past 14 days.
The list of categories of foreign citizens who can be admitted to Russia by open flights is approved by the Government of Russian Federation Decree № 635-p dated 16.03.2020 (ed. 14.04.2021), and currently there are no Estonian citizens in the list. In addition, there is no information about the opening of air links between states from the Operational headquarters for preventing the spread of coronavirus infection in the Russian Federation. We are closely monitoring updates and will keep you informed of any changes.
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