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Yes, probably some of them - who have enough money. There is a new popular word in Russia now - moGilization (instead of mobilization). Mogila is grave in Russian. As there is a big chance to be easily killed for mostly untrained people.

Besides these charter flights there are also regular flights by "Aeroflot": 2 daily flights from Moscow to Phuket & 1 daily flight from Moscow to Bangkok. Problem is the prices for air tickets 2-3 times more expensive than in previous years. Tour packages 3-4 times more expensive than in previous years - not so affordable for most people. So the sales will not be huge as before when tens of charter flights operated every 1-3-7-10-14 days from many large Russian cities (up to 16) to Utapao, Suvarnabhumi, Phuket, Krabi - in addition to many regular flights. Another problem is security of flights by Russian airlines which was officially downgraded (for example, pilots will not be subject to medical examinations as often as before or the approved use of non-original spare parts etc etc)

it's Icarus charter airline according to the announcement at Pegast web-site:

You can buy USD (or other hard currency) from some banks in Russia (though the supply is scarce /limited). You can issue UnionPay card in some Russian banks though you cannot be sure all these cards will work abroad of Russia. You can send money through some private services (for example VIPchanger) from some Russian banks' cards to a Thai bank account or bank card - but for a significant commission).

I think this rating refers to South East Asia region for worldwide tourists of Agoda users. ????

Are you joking ) Have you seen a semi-swastika invented by Putin's regime now?... By the way any nationalists who were in Ukraine as in any other country did not play any significant role in Ukraine's politics. There is fascism in actions not in words now as whole cities are swept from the face of the earth for the sake of somebody's delusional ideas.

One of the main fakes of the proputin propoganda now. and you chose it as pretext to justify killings of innocent people!

Still, maybe half of of the Russian population or even more support Putin - also because of round a clock propoganda on main TV channels. Just yesterday the Russian web-sites and airing of the 2 last main independent media (radio station Echo Moskvy/Echo of Moscow and TV station Dozhd/Rain) were blocked by the government (they are still working on their You tube channes at the moment). Yes, if you go out in the street to oppose the war you can be jailed for years. All flights to Europe and Caribes are cancelled. Airbus and Boeing have cancelled cooperation / maintenance /spare parts support for the aircrafts in the Russian airlines - so within several months there will maybe no aircrafts for passanger fights abroad by Russian airlines. And this is only a part of the coming Russian economy desruption.

Thailand could allow Russia's vaccinated people to have only 1 PCR test on arrival free of charge with 1 day carantine till the test results - and would get much more tourists from Russia.

I have noticed - now that I work at home (for travel company) - I am spending much more time for the work: 9 am to 8 pm compared in office I usually worked from 10 am till 7 pm - with 1 hour lunch break ????

Why not Maldives...Too expensive for Indians maybe ????

Aeroflot opens an additional (third, in addition to Fridays and Sundays) scheduled flight on the Moscow-Phuket route on Wednesdays, starting from December 29.

In 2007, Thailand and Russia signed a visa waiver agreement. Since then, the number of Russians that have come to visit Thailand has simply exploded. Between 2007 and 2011, the market share of Russian tourists rose from 1.9% to 5.3%. Russian passport holders are allowed to stay in Thailand for up to 30 days without obtaining a tourist visa.