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Russia plans to launch direct flights to Malaysia in 2026 — ministry

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Nikita Kondratyev of the Russian Economic Development Ministry announced plans to launch direct flights to Malaysia by 2026 and increase flight frequencies to Indonesia, China, and India. He also noted that connectivity with Middle Eastern countries will be expanded once regional stability is restored.

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What happened

Russia plans to launch direct flights to Malaysia in 2026 and increase flight frequencies to Indonesia, China, and India, as well as to the Middle East once the regional situation stabilizes, Nikita Kondratyev, a senior official at the Russian Economic…

Why it matters

Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF).

Common ground

"Of course, we would like to launch direct flights to Malaysia and increase the number of flights to Indonesia — not just for Russian citizens traveling to Bali, but also for Indonesians visiting Moscow.

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Nikita Kondratyev of the Russian Economic Development Ministry announced plans to launch direct flights to Malaysia by 2026 and increase flight frequencies to Indonesia, China, and India. He also noted that connectivity with Middle Eastern countries will be expanded once regional stability is restored.

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fact_checkClaims Checked

eFinder analyzed this article and checked 6 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “At present, only two Russian airlines operate on this route [to India]”
INSUFFICIENT EVIDENCE
The claim states that 'two Russian airlines' operate the route, but the evidence from multiple sources (March 2023 and December 2024) explicitly states that 'Aeroflot is the only airline flying directly between the two countries currently'.
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web search NEUTRAL — Mar 13, 2023 ... Aeroflot is the only airline flying directly between the two countries currently, operating seven weekly flights. Air India earlier flew its ...
https://simpleflying.com/russia-could-operate-more-flights-t…
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web search NEUTRAL — Dec 31, 2024 ... Since Air India stopped flying to Moscow, the Russia - India connectivity also sees only Aeroflot operating. The sanctions post start of war has ...
https://www.facebook.com/theprintindia/posts/using-russian-a…
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web search NEUTRAL — Dec 31, 2024 ... Air India, the only Indian airline still flying over Russian airspace, appears unshaken by the risks that have prompted many global carriers ...
https://www.reddit.com/r/india/comments/1hql3dp/air_india_co…
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Claim 2: “Nikita Kondratyev heads the ministry's Department of Multilateral Economic Cooperation and Special Projects”
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Two independent web search results from January 30, 2026, explicitly identify Nikita Kondratyev as the Director of the Department for Multilateral Economic Cooperation and Special Projects at the Ministry of Economic Development.
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web search NEUTRAL — Jul 19, 2023 ... From 10 January 2022 – Deputy Director of Multilateral Economic Cooperation and Special Projects of the Ministry of Economic Development of ...
https://en.economy.gov.ru/material/structure/ilichev/kondrat…
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web search NEUTRAL — Jan 30, 2026 ... Nikita Kondratyev, Director of the Department for Multilateral Economic Cooperation and Special Projects, Ministry of Economic Development of ...
https://asean2026.gov.ph/post/view/?title=joint-media-statem…
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web search NEUTRAL — Jan 30, 2026 ... Nikita Kondratyev, Director of the Department for Multilateral Economic Cooperation and Special Projects, Ministry of Economic Development of ...
https://asean.org/joint-media-statement-of-the-fifth-meeting…
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Claim 3: “Russia plans to increase flight frequencies to Indonesia, China, and India”
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The provided evidence for this claim consists of general Wikipedia entries about Russia and a news snippet about Kazakhstan/Ukraine; there is no specific information regarding flight frequencies to Indonesia, China, or India.
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web search NEUTRAL — Russia, [b] or the Russian Federation, [c][d] is a country in Eastern Europe and North Asia. It is the largest country in the world, spanning eleven time zones and sharing land borders with fourteen c…
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russia
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web search NEUTRAL — Russia (Russian: Россия, romanized: Rossiya, [rɐˈsʲijə]), or the Russian Federation, [c][16] is a country spanning parts of Eastern Europe and North Asia. It has land from the Baltic Sea to the Bering…
https://simple.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russia
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web search NEUTRAL — 2 days ago · Kazakhstan's President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev said on Saturday that a peace deal between Russia and Ukraine might be reached if the sides froze the conflict and resumed negotiations.
https://www.reuters.com/world/russia/
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Claim 4: “We currently have 13-14 flights per week to India”
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The search results provided for this claim are mostly dictionary definitions of the word 'there' or general information about India; none of the sources provide the specific number of weekly flights between Russia and India.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — India, officially the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia. It is the world's seventh-largest country by area and the largest by population. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the south, the Ara…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — India adopted a neutral stance since the beginning of the Russo-Ukrainian war in February 2022. Indian-Russian economic and diplomatic ties saw significant growth, occurring in contrast to Western con…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India_and_Russo-Ukrainian_war_…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Republic of India and the Russian Federation established bilateral relations in 1991 and remain close allies. Previously, during the Cold War, Indian–Soviet relations were considered a "strong str…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India–Russia_relations
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Claim 5: “Russia plans to launch direct flights to Malaysia in 2026”
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Multiple web search results from 2026 (BernamaNews and other press statements) confirm that negotiations are underway to resume direct flights between Malaysia and Russia with an agreement expected in 2026.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary of Russia to Malaysia is the official representative of the president and the government of the Russian Federation to the president and the government …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ambassadors_of_Russia_…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 was a scheduled passenger flight from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur that was shot down by Russian-backed forces with a Buk 9M38 surface-to-air missile on 17 July 2014, while fl…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malaysia_Airlines_Flight_17
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Malaysia–Russia relations (Malay: Hubungan Malaysia–Rusia; Jawi: هوبوڠن مليسيا–روسيا; Russian: Малайзийско-российские отношения Malayziysko-rossiyskiye otnosheniya) are the bilateral foreign relations…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malaysia–Russia_relations
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Claim 6: “Russia aims to boost air connectivity with Middle Eastern countries after the situation in the region normalizes”
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The evidence provided contains general information about the Middle East and a specific mention of Russia increasing connectivity with Venezuela, but no evidence confirms a plan to boost connectivity with Middle Eastern countries specifically after regional normalization.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Middle East is a geopolitical region that is generally defined as encompassing all of Egypt and all of West Asia except for the Caucasus. It roughly corresponds with what was historically referred…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_East
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Middle Eastern Americans are Americans of Middle Eastern background. Although once considered Asian Americans, the modern definition of "Asian American" now excludes people with West Asian backgrounds…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_Eastern_Americans
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Middle Eastern studies, sometimes referred to as Near Eastern studies, West Asian Studies or South Western Asian studies, is a name given to a number of academic programs associated with the study of …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_Eastern_studies
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