Russia starts first Moscow-Pyongyang passenger flights in decades


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  • Sunday, 27 Jul 2025

FILE PHOTO: People wait outside Terminal C at the Sheremetyevo international airport outside Moscow, Russia July 21, 2025. REUTERS/Stringer/File Photo

(Reuters) -Russia will launch direct passenger flights from Moscow to North Korea's capital Pyongyang on Sunday, Russian authorities said, as the two former communist bloc allies move to improve ties following Russia's invasion of Ukraine in 2022.

The start of regular flights between the capitals for the first time since the mid-1990s, according to Russian aviation blogs, follows the resumption of Moscow-Pyongyang passenger rail service, a 10-day journey, in June.

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