Russian airline Pobeda has asked the Ministry of Transport of Russia to clarify deadlines on when they will receive compensation for the financial loss the company has experienced due to the Russian-initiated suspension of direct flights to Georgia in July, Ekho Kavkaza reports.

The agency cites the source as saying that the airline has experienced up to eight million USD in losses because of its suspended flights to Tbilisi and Batumi, which came after the June scandal in the Georgian parliament, involving Russian MPs.

Before the suspension of direct flights to Georgia Aeroflot, Pobeda, S7, Ural Airlines, Red Wings and Smartavia carried out flights to Georgia.
S7 said that they suffered up to nine million USD in loss, while a source from Red Wings stated that the loss amounted to three million USD,” Exo Kavkaza reads.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has banned Russia’s airlines from flying to Georgia, a day after a Russian lawmaker Sergey Gavrilov’s visit to the country prompted violent clashes between protesters and police in Tbilisi on June 20.

Russian President Vladimir Putin issued a decree imposing a temporary ban on flights, including commercial ones, from Russia to Georgia starting July 8.