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On 10 October, the Russian Federation in accordance with Article 84 of the Convention on International Civil Aviation of 1944 (Chicago Convention) applied to the Council of the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) with a statement of violation of the provisions of the convention, the Russian Foreign Ministry reported.

The defendants are all members of the European Union, the US, Canada, the UK, Albania, Iceland, Monaco, Montenegro, Norway, North Macedonia, Montenegro and Switzerland, totalling 37 states that have supported sanctions against Russian civil aviation and the aviation industry as a whole.

The basis for the initiation of the proceedings was the application by the defendants of unlawful unilateral restrictive measures of a discriminatory nature against Russia and its aviation enterprises. In particular, it concerns a ban on the use of airspace for aircraft of Russian aviation enterprises, a ban on the supply of aircraft and spare parts for them, a ban on the maintenance and provision of aircraft insurance services, detention of aircraft abroad, and restriction of access to meteorological information for air navigation.

“By their actions, the respondent states have jeopardised the safety of international civil aviation flights and seriously undermined mutual trust, which has been the basis of the international aviation system for almost 80 years,” the Foreign Ministry said in a statement.

It is also noted that the Russian Federation as one of the leading aviation powers, firmly intends to seek the cessation of all these violations of the provisions of the Chicago Convention through the ICAO mechanisms for resolving disputes.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs expects that the ICAO Council will respond effectively and impartially to the situation in the context of unprecedented large-scale disregard by the defendants of their international legal obligations.